I thought was a joke but I think it might be real.....unfortunately!
12-30-2007, 06:08 PM
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I thought was a joke but I think it might be real.....unfortunately!
This lesson on how not to do things seems to totally escape some people. I'd love to see how the trip ended up but I feel confident he ended up in a ravine somewhere wondering why bad things seem to always happen to him.
He's hooked up and ready to fly!! It's amazing how the extra weight really smoothed out the ride in the truck. He did have to air up the rear tires a bit (around 160 psi)
He added some heavy-duty chain for extra support on the tailgate (note that he used the "Heavy-Duty 'S' hooks to attach the chain) He also paid-up for some BIG 5/16 sheetmetal screws to attach the frame to the tailgate. Yeah, he knows it's overkill, but he didn't want the possibility of having an accident.
Much of his time was spent on his front porch whittling down that MASSIVE 4x4 board to fit precisely into the ball mount receiver. Also note that he used a 14" piece of 1x4 to help distribute the load more evenly--"YOU CAN"T BE TOO SAFE, YOU KNOW!!". " It cost a little more, but you just can't be too safe when pulling a trailer of this magnitude !".
Look out Utah , cause here he comes !!!!
He's hooked up and ready to fly!! It's amazing how the extra weight really smoothed out the ride in the truck. He did have to air up the rear tires a bit (around 160 psi)
He added some heavy-duty chain for extra support on the tailgate (note that he used the "Heavy-Duty 'S' hooks to attach the chain) He also paid-up for some BIG 5/16 sheetmetal screws to attach the frame to the tailgate. Yeah, he knows it's overkill, but he didn't want the possibility of having an accident.
Much of his time was spent on his front porch whittling down that MASSIVE 4x4 board to fit precisely into the ball mount receiver. Also note that he used a 14" piece of 1x4 to help distribute the load more evenly--"YOU CAN"T BE TOO SAFE, YOU KNOW!!". " It cost a little more, but you just can't be too safe when pulling a trailer of this magnitude !".
Look out Utah , cause here he comes !!!!
12-30-2007, 07:01 PM
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It has to be a joke. Nobody in thier right mind would drive down the road with the possibility of thier DeWalt cordless drill slipping out the back cause the tailgate was down.
On a lighter note, I've actually seen a 5th wheel trailer going down the road that had a stick of angle iron welded to the pin, with a 2" coupler on the end, and it was being pulled with a ball mounted in the bumber hole. And I've seen an older Monte Carlo pulling a rather large boat with a hitch welded to the trunk lid.
On a lighter note, I've actually seen a 5th wheel trailer going down the road that had a stick of angle iron welded to the pin, with a 2" coupler on the end, and it was being pulled with a ball mounted in the bumber hole. And I've seen an older Monte Carlo pulling a rather large boat with a hitch welded to the trunk lid.
Why didn't I think of that?? And here I went and wasted my money on a 1 ton truck.
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