What's the biggest thing you've towed?

"Zibodiz" (zibodiz1) 01/05/2015 at 17:07 • Filed to: None

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Thanks to the currently melting snow, everyone is getting stuck. I drive an Escort wagon, and have had to pull people out of ditches before, but today was the biggest I've done yet: a 2012 Chevy C1500. I had to pull him up a 2' rise, then he started to slide sideways, so I moved my car and pulled him sideways to keep the passenger side of the bed from getting ripped off. Dragged him sideways about a foot before finishing pulling him out.

My car was on a sheet of ice the whole time, so I didn't have the benefit of dry pavement or anything — it's just that I had the advantage of not having my front tires in a hole like he did, and being able to get a run at it.

What's the craziest thing you've done with your car?

HammerheadFistpunch > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 17:11

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I'm confused, is the question what the biggest thing I've towed? the craziest thing I've done with my car? or whats the biggest car I've rescued?

Takuro Spirit > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 17:12

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I pushed a dumpster about 6 feet with my Crown Vic. Garbage truck didn't put it back in the right spot so we couldn't get the gate closed. Not sure how much they weigh empty, but I made quick work of it with my bumper

Nibby > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 17:14

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ur mom

/10 year old humor

Zibodiz > HammerheadFistpunch 01/05/2015 at 17:15

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lol I guess I just assumed that the biggest thing you've towed would be the craziest thing — after all, hooning is what cars are made for; it's not crazy. Towing a truck with a little car... that's crazy. But if you've done something crazier than towing a vehicle 3 times your cars' size, please do share!

Zibodiz > Nibby 01/05/2015 at 17:16

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=-P

OPPOsaurus WRX > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 17:19

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the padlock on a gate

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 17:19

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Towed a '92 Mercury Sable through a November blizzard with a 4 speed '70 Ranchero. No pictures of that missadventure sadly. Couldnt use the Silverado because it was under a recall for spontaneous combustion.

Zibodiz > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/05/2015 at 17:20

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Pull or push?

Steve in Manhattan > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 17:21

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Once towed a four-horse trailer with a full-sized Blazer.

Some poo came out.

Zibodiz > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts 01/05/2015 at 17:22

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Old>New any day of the week. Seeing an old car pulling a new one is like seeing the visiting team win.

jariten1781 > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 17:22

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We had to un-stuck a combine with two beat to shit wheezy old farm trucks. Counted down, everyone gassed, hoped nothing flew apart and killed us all. Nothing did and grandpa was none the wiser.

Zibodiz > Steve in Manhattan 01/05/2015 at 17:23

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Of the Blazer? Poor thing.

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 17:24

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I have pulled out a Dodge dually with a Tracker, I think the dually did most of the work.

Zibodiz > jariten1781 01/05/2015 at 17:25

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Tandem towing or parallel? Either way, that's awesome.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 17:29

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Pulled a Duramax a few feet through the mud, only to realize it wasn't coming out, I was dragging it's frame. I didn't have quite enough grip to do the rest of the job, neither did either of my friends Cummins. It took an F350 on 38's to get it out. But pulling 8k lbs+ plus truck without much traction in a vehicle with like a 2.5k tow rating is relatively impressive. Before that, I did pull an F-150 out of a river.

Little Black Coupe Turned Silver > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 17:29

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To answer one of your two questions, biggest thing I've towed... There's a toolbox bolted down in front of the slicks.

Zibodiz > Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif 01/05/2015 at 17:32

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Nice! How long did you have the Tracker? I've often contemplated getting one of those.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 17:32

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The Merc had just had a transaxle rebuild, and keep in mind the 'Chero is rwd, no abs, manual, with steamroller all seasons on it. And at the time it looked like Josephs Coat of many colours because the bodywork wasn't finished. And we were flat towing the Sable.

jariten1781 > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 17:36

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Parallel. I was 13 or so and had one of the trucks out mending fences when my cousin came up and was like "Um, we need the truck". I turn around to start unloading the supplies out of the bed and he goes "Nah, we'll need you to drive too". So we tool over there and the combine is high centered or something in a bog, don't really remember...long time ago. Ghetto rigged some chains and tow ropes in a Y. Everyone gassed, got it a foot or two clear and we were good to go. Was a good thing too because my grandpa didn't take kindly to extra expense nor to coming off schedule. Having to pull another tractor off its duty to extract it may very well have gotten my uncle (who grounded it) murdered.

Zibodiz > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 01/05/2015 at 17:36

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What were you driving? Or was this by hand? ...in which case, color me very impressed.

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 17:38

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It was kind of a family Tracker, my dad insured it but my cousins or uncles were free to come take it if they were going hunting or up to the cabin. I was only able to drive it with someone else who had a full license (British Columbia law) for a couple months before it snapped a rod and wrecked the motor. I was out with one of my cousins on our way to the cabin when someone with a snowmobile deck on his truck slid off the road and got us to tug him out. They had a snowmobile trying to tug it out when we found them.

Agrajag > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 17:42

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Heaviest that I've towed. I think it weighed some 7000lbs or so.

Too many M's > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 17:42

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Drove one if these while flat-towing another off road-ish.

Zibodiz > Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif 01/05/2015 at 17:49

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haha I've tried that, but it's not very effective. I guess a 4ton truck is more than a 300lb snowmobile can tow, go figure.

Zibodiz > Too many M's 01/05/2015 at 17:50

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Nice!

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 17:55

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1995 4Runner.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 17:55

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I pulled a fully laden skip wagon off a soft verge backwards with just 70hp and a 2 tonne tow rope. Took a few wheel spins, but she made it.

Also, just last week I had to tow one of these:

KamikazePigeon > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 18:05

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Not the largest but I thought I'd share.

A friend of mine towed this

...with me inside.

I was voluntold (being the smallest) to hold onto a small single-seater electric racecar we built in college while we darted for the racetrack. We were in such a hurry to not be late for tech inspection that I didn't even hesitate and hopped in the back while my friends locked it from the outside and made a run for the track.

Zibodiz > KamikazePigeon 01/05/2015 at 18:14

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Hahaha that's awesome

WhiskeyGolf > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 18:22

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I drove this combo about 600 km from Toronto to MIS for FSAE 2010. I don't know what the final weight of it was, but it was definitely noticeable, especially afterwards when my parents had to put on a new set of brake pads haha.

Best moment was coming back across customs at Detroit when the agent asked what was in the trailer. "Race car", I said. "Oh yeah? Pop it open."

I popped the lock and he goes, "Yep, that's a race car."

OPPOsaurus WRX > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 18:23

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pulled (off)

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 18:46

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YO MAMA!

Zibodiz > WhiskeyGolf 01/05/2015 at 18:49

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Nice! I've used my wife's Escape to do some towing (3,500lb camper with a weight distributing hitch), and it handled it quite well. What sort of car do you race?

ddavidn > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 18:59

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Towed a 1/2-ton Suburban with a 3/4-ton Suburban. Trailer lost a wheel which hit an Infiniti. Not a fantastic day, that.

Thunderface > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 19:10

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a 3500lb pop-up trailer with this:

WhiskeyGolf > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 20:00

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That was my university's 2010 Formula SAE racer.

I should add that my family also uses the Tribute to tow our boat, a 17ft fiberglass bowrider. Fully loaded it probably weighs in close to the 3500 lbs max of the V6. It's manageable for the 100 km trip we do from the marina, but any longer or heaver and we'd have to get a larger vehicle (and this one is bad enough on gas when towing)

Zibodiz > Thunderface 01/05/2015 at 20:26

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Those popup trailers have gotten ludicrously heavy.

Coachrotte33 > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 21:23

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The 12-year old in me just said, "your mom!" And giggled like a schoolgirl. I'll go sit in the corner now.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Zibodiz 01/05/2015 at 21:41

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I have pulled...literally nothing. Ever.

1.21 JIGGA WATTS!!! > Zibodiz 01/06/2015 at 07:13

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Pulled a homemade 16-20 foot lowboy trailer with my dad's '92 Silverado 1500. The lowboy had a truck axle at the back along with a movable front axle that had wheels 2 feet apart and a 6 foot drawbar. Not a fifth wheel or gooseneck. It was a nightmare to back up (worse than anhydrous ammonia tanks since you couldn't see the front wheel until it was almost too late).

Anyways, pulled that trailer with 12 alfalfa bales about 20 miles across a county, twice. The entire trailer tipped the scales at roughly 17,000 lbs and we hauled it over country gravel roads that consisted of a lot of hills. No trailer brakes, so the trailer liked to "push" the pickup down the hills. Needless to say, we overloaded the trailer and probably the pickup, but we made it home...

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Zibodiz 01/06/2015 at 11:06

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I once helped a UPS truck out of a ditch with my Wrangler.