"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
09/10/2016 at 20:54 • Filed to: tow a hoe
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"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
09/10/2016 at 20:54 • Filed to: tow a hoe | 5
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The last pic will amaze you!
With the Riviera stranded at my girlfriend’s house with a dead fuel pump and the retaining ring completely seized in place, the only thing for it was to take the rusted-to-shit Ford Exploder 5.0 that I had just fixed and flat-tow the Riviera 10 miles to my friend’s shop. 30 miles an hour in a 4000 lb car being towed by a truck with a 3500 lb towing limit by someone who had never towed anything before, in a car with no power brakes. SWELL.
The Explorer had absolutely no way to attach this large tow rope, so I found this ratchet strap sitting around. It only broke once.
Used baling wire to keep the hooks from coming out of the bumper.
My ass could have made diamonds from coal. I don’t suggest trying this any time soon. On the Riviera’s side the tow strap is just looped around the front crash bar.
Suck my dick, Tavarish.
dogisbadob
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
09/10/2016 at 20:56 |
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as long as you don’t have Firestone tires :)
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> dogisbadob
09/10/2016 at 20:59 |
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Who even cares about the tires that truck is one of the most unabashedly awful things I’ve ever had something to do with. Every bushing in it is trashed and it’s rusted pretty much completely through.
Die-Trying
> dogisbadob
09/10/2016 at 21:00 |
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wilderness at’s for the win............
TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
09/10/2016 at 21:24 |
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jeesh you know harbor frieght has tow straps for like $20...
bob and john
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
09/10/2016 at 21:54 |
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Im going to be that guy...
Tavs posts werent a challenge to others to out-idiot him.
Like come on dude, you are better then this. “glances at your NA”
On second thought... Maybe you arent
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Die-Trying
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
09/10/2016 at 22:25 |
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you are a bit young to remember the specifics............
made the news for months.......
TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H!
> TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
09/10/2016 at 22:41 |
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I bought some 6k lb snatch strap to tow the Space Truck for $25 at Walmart. Has something like a 17k lb breaking strength.
Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
09/11/2016 at 03:21 |
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I towed a 800kg Nissan Micra with my 60hp Twingo. That’s a sketchy (and probably illegal) experience.
Stapleface
> Die-Trying
09/12/2016 at 06:16 |
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You know, I was convinced when this story happened that the ultimate fault lied with Ford and not Firestone. The Explorer couldn't have been the only vehicle equipped with the Wilderness ATs, so why were they only failing on this vehicle?
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Die-Trying
> Stapleface
09/12/2016 at 08:31 |
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ford was setting their pressures at 26-ish psi, for comfort/ride quality...........
i can only imagine the engineer in charge of the design for those tires, when the suits came knocking on his door asking the same thing........
diplodicus
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
09/12/2016 at 08:52 |
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The tool you needed to hook the tow strap to the bumper is called a clevis.