This image is from March after a very nervous ride home trailering with some borrowed old equipment. I'm thankful that I could borrow the truck and trailer but it was kinda hairy. No trailer lights or brakes, tow vehicles drivers door came open going down the road. Other issues I won't go into. Fortunately I only had to drive about 15 miles total. We've discussed questionable trailering practices before......
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Looks like you got your work cut out for you.
I agree about the questionable towing practice. You really want to do a 4 point tie down to your trailer, be sure you got your safety chains to the back of your towing vehicle, and assure all pieces are secured prior to heading down the road. It would be a sad day if someone or something got hurt.
I'm not bashing, I happen to be in the tow biz, and some of our own are the worse offenders. Never compromise safety to save $$.
Here is how I towed mine when it came in:
In Hawaii, the registration tax is calculated by weight, and whether it is a truck or car. This powerwagon scaled in at 5100#. It can be a lot of weight if you don't have the right towing equipment.
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Towagon and Bruce. Nice truck and tie down method.
The truck was tied down front and back so it didn't move. Like I said, it was a short, nervous trip. I don't mind any criticism this time. I was difficult even getting it off the trailer. Taking the truck and trailer back was a relief. Time to look ahead now.
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Warren,
Please understand, I was not being critical, simply sharing my experiences when transporting vehicles. Being in the tow biz, I see a lot of bad things happen to good people.
We do a 4-way tie down. As you see in my pic, there are two straps on the passenger side tires, and on the driver side there is the exact same tie down method, creating what we call the 4-point tie down. This eliminates forward and aft, as well as lateral movement of the towed vehicle. Load shift is no fun on the road.
On another note, the trailer you used... I've seen when the load is on the tailboard of the trailer (i.e. when loading or unloading), it will act as a see-saw lifting the tongue of the trailer, which in turn will lift the back of the truck... and since most truck's e-brake is on the rear axle, when the truck's axle is lifted, everything has the opportunity to run away.
That happened on a dump truck over here, loading a backhoe onto a similar looking trailer. Once the rear-end of the truck had the weight lifted off of it, the truck, trailer, and backhoe went for a ride and ended up in someone's house. LUCKILY no one was hurt, and it was quite the recovery job.
Again, I am not being critical or bashing anything, just sharing my observation...and observations are like opinions, and we all know about opinions...what they are like, any why they stink! lol
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