"FalconHoon" (falconhoon)
11/16/2014 at 21:04 • Filed to: None
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"FalconHoon" (falconhoon)
11/16/2014 at 21:04 • Filed to: None | 7
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You're gonna have a bad time.
Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man
> FalconHoon
11/16/2014 at 21:12 |
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just make sure to stay a little ways back :p
OPPOsaurus WRX
> FalconHoon
11/16/2014 at 21:14 |
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i'm guessing something would rip off the ATV first.....lets see
ly2v8-Brian
> FalconHoon
11/16/2014 at 21:16 |
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Just stand there, cold one in hand, cackling like James May as he tries to drive it.
CB
> FalconHoon
11/16/2014 at 21:17 |
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I have a bit of a story related to this.
So a man bought a trailer from our store. No big deal. Got all the paperwork sorted out. Then it came time for the guy to pick it up. I think it was a Monday, around four or five, I believe. Me and my boss went to fetch the trailer, while the dude brings his pickup truck over.
Now, one would reasonably assume that when someone is purchasing a trailer, they have some sort of towing kit on their vehicle. All we'd have to do is hook it up and send it off, right?
Wrong. Dude flips down the tailgate of his truck.
Oh fuck no .
He tells us he doesn't have his receiver, so we need to put the trailer in the bed. It's a 4' by 6' trailer, so it's not too big, but my gut is telling me it's a bad idea. Dude removes the generator in the bed of the truck, and the receiver from the store comes and joins us.
The four of us tilt it sideways and lift it into the bed. Dude thanks us, puts the generator beside the trailer, and says it'll help keep it stable. Then, the best part: he pulls out one tie down strap. One . For a several hundred pound trailer, that will without a doubt act like a sail when the wind catches it. Myself, my boss, and the receiver leave this man to his devices. As we walk back into the store, I ask my boss: "What are the odds we're going to see this on the news tonight?"
"Almost guaranteed."
But somehow, through some stroke of luck, we never heard about it. So I guess it worked out. Anyway, the moral of the story is don't be a fucking moron, and brush your teeth. Or something.
Gizmo - The Only Good Gremlin, but don't feed me after Midnight
> CB
11/16/2014 at 23:43 |
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Not trying to play one-upsmanship (is that a word), but I just bought a custom 15 ft trailer, too. Built to my plans and specs. Had to drive 180 miles to pick it up. And my specs required no tongue, no fenders, no rails, no lights, one 6K axle and no wheels and tires. I'm sure the uninformed felt the same as you. And I had zero tie downs and couldn't use my hitch. The guys I was working with on the build were finally going to understand my specs.
When I arrived, 3' of the front of the trailer had been cut off and the faces closed and the company picked up my pieces ...
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with a forklift and
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loaded it in the back of my '78 Wayne Lifeguard SCHOOLBUS!!!
I have to make a shout out to Rettig Enterprises Inc in Sikeston Missouri - they made me a trailer exactly as I requested, in a timely manner and helped me immensely all along the way. Thanx guys you do great work.
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CB
> Gizmo - The Only Good Gremlin, but don't feed me after Midnight
11/17/2014 at 06:45 |
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That didn't take the turn I was expecting. That's awesome.
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Gizmo - The Only Good Gremlin, but don't feed me after Midnight
> CB
11/17/2014 at 07:11 |
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Yeah, the trailer fits perfectly - ~4" clearance either side. Lays flat on the dovetail when down. Tilt is smooth and straight. The car doesn't scrape going in.
