unusual cars pulling trailers
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From: Oak Harbor WA
unusual cars pulling trailers
Mostly the usual, Ranger and a 5th wheel, stuff like that. Saw a Freightliner truck with a Ford dually bed on it, towing a ratty triple-axle 5th wheel. One semi pulling 2 semi's simultaneously. Car with full-size towing mirrors and no trailer.
I have seen semi's pulling jet engines and F4F Wildcats.
I have seen semi's pulling jet engines and F4F Wildcats.
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From: Baileyton, TN
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Tonight, on the trip back from Kansas with my camper, I passed a very old, very small car pulling a flat trailer, with a GMC truck on it. I thing maybe the truck broke down towing the car from a show.. 
Also saw a Corvette towing an Airstream, that looked plain silly.
Theo
Also saw a Corvette towing an Airstream, that looked plain silly.
Theo
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Years ago, I saw one of my l neighbors was moving.
Most of the house items were loaded in Pickups.
The strange thing was near the end of the loading.
After the last truck pulled up ,around the corner comes this beat up Hyundai with a upside down canoe on the roof, and pulling
a boat trailer with about a 10 ft row boat.
I'm thinking....he's late and was going to be follwing someone....Boy,......was I ever wrong.
The guy parks the combo in a empty street area 2 house down and starts walking toward the house that was getting emptied.
I didn't think to much about that like maybe now there is a person
in the house going to ride with him.
I was wrong.....The next thing to enter the picture was 2 guys carrying a freezer, guess where that was headed ?
You got it...it went right into the rowboat, and if that wasn't enough, they were pushing an old motorcycle across the lawn and loaded that into the rowboat too.
Of course my curiosity is really peaked at this point, well, next came some groceries, plus a cooler and clothing.
I just kept shaking my head with amazement.
Most of the house items were loaded in Pickups.
The strange thing was near the end of the loading.
After the last truck pulled up ,around the corner comes this beat up Hyundai with a upside down canoe on the roof, and pulling
a boat trailer with about a 10 ft row boat.
I'm thinking....he's late and was going to be follwing someone....Boy,......was I ever wrong.
The guy parks the combo in a empty street area 2 house down and starts walking toward the house that was getting emptied.
I didn't think to much about that like maybe now there is a person
in the house going to ride with him.
I was wrong.....The next thing to enter the picture was 2 guys carrying a freezer, guess where that was headed ?
You got it...it went right into the rowboat, and if that wasn't enough, they were pushing an old motorcycle across the lawn and loaded that into the rowboat too.
Of course my curiosity is really peaked at this point, well, next came some groceries, plus a cooler and clothing.
I just kept shaking my head with amazement.
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From: The Star-Club, Hamburg
unusual cars pulling trailers
I went to a "big" cattle sale in Kansas City, Mo. one time with my dad. It attracted buyers from all over the country. Dad and I were pulling a 26 foot gooseneck cattle hauler with my 1975 International Harvester 1 ton. We pulled into the parking lot and were driving around looking for a space, when Dad says "Look at this thing!" and starts laughing.
Parked in the lot was an early 1970's Cadillac Hearse with a mural along the sides that showed scenes of a cattle drive. It had the rear roof chopped off, so that it looked a bit like a crew cab truck. It looked to be done professionally, not just by some guy with a cutting torch and a brilliant idea. Hooked to it was a gooseneck trailer that I would guess to be the equal in size to the one we were pulling with the old Cornbinder and painted to match the car. Inside the trailer were two of the biggest Limousin bulls that I had ever seen, stomping around and making the whole car and trailer shake like Mexican jumping beans. I would have liked to see it on the road, but when we left the sale and drove past where it was, it was already gone. I've looked for it every year since then (about 1990 or '91), but never saw it again.
Parked in the lot was an early 1970's Cadillac Hearse with a mural along the sides that showed scenes of a cattle drive. It had the rear roof chopped off, so that it looked a bit like a crew cab truck. It looked to be done professionally, not just by some guy with a cutting torch and a brilliant idea. Hooked to it was a gooseneck trailer that I would guess to be the equal in size to the one we were pulling with the old Cornbinder and painted to match the car. Inside the trailer were two of the biggest Limousin bulls that I had ever seen, stomping around and making the whole car and trailer shake like Mexican jumping beans. I would have liked to see it on the road, but when we left the sale and drove past where it was, it was already gone. I've looked for it every year since then (about 1990 or '91), but never saw it again.
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From: Jacksboro TN USA
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saw my brother in law's uncle pull a pontoon boat out of the lake with a Nissan 300Z. 1st - 3rd was really nothing but white smoke on the boat ramp, but it finally came out of the water
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I live 20 mi from Sturgis SD.. (Home of Prolly the biggest Harley Rally every year.)
This year while riding my motorcycle, i was following 3 motorcycles running 3 wide in one lane.
Each of the 2 outside drivers were pushing the middle bike, via the hy way pegs on the middle bike.
These ole boys were doing every part of 60mph as well.
Come to find out, that the middle bike had run out of gas.
They pushed the bike right up to the gas pump in the fashion I described.
This year while riding my motorcycle, i was following 3 motorcycles running 3 wide in one lane.
Each of the 2 outside drivers were pushing the middle bike, via the hy way pegs on the middle bike.
These ole boys were doing every part of 60mph as well.
Come to find out, that the middle bike had run out of gas.
They pushed the bike right up to the gas pump in the fashion I described.
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There's a guy in Virginia with a '62 Corvair wagon- they tow a travel trailer all over the US with it. Saw him a couple months ago, the Corvair has over 300,000 miles!
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From: Whately, Ma
unusual cars pulling trailers
What I see all too often is the typical Explorer or F150 pulling a HUGE camper trailer. I guess some people think if theres a V8 pulling something, thats all you need.
unusual cars pulling trailers
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From: Oxford, Alabama
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How about a motorcycle (Honda Goldwing) pulling a motorcycle trailer with a Harley Softail on it.. made a lot of the Harley people mad but the old guy doing the pulling was headed to Daytona.. It takes all kinds....
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From: BC, Canada
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A few years ago one of the guys at our race track had an old school bus converted to a motorhome sorta thing that he towed his late model stock car with. On the way to the track the bus broke down so he rolled his race car off the trailer, hooked a chain from it to the bus and towed the bus to the track.
When I first started racing we flat towed our car to the track with a tow bar. On the way home one night my 1976 F250 4X4 broke down while towing the car. My brother hopped in the race car and pushed the truck with the tow bar. It still looked like we were towing the car but we were actually pushing the truck
When I first started racing we flat towed our car to the track with a tow bar. On the way home one night my 1976 F250 4X4 broke down while towing the car. My brother hopped in the race car and pushed the truck with the tow bar. It still looked like we were towing the car but we were actually pushing the truck
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I guess its camping season thats brought this on but lately this has come up a lot. I saw the Ranger fifth wheel combo and I had to laugh.
The one that really got me is I was with a customer on a test drive in a Super Duty and we saw a newer 2 door Cavalier towing a small 14foot Bowler travel trailer.
I also just took in an 02 Mustang 6 cyl auto on trade and the customers had a hitch on it and they wanted a hitch for there new Taurus, but since they didn't have a trailer yet I convinced them to wait.
The one that really got me is I was with a customer on a test drive in a Super Duty and we saw a newer 2 door Cavalier towing a small 14foot Bowler travel trailer.
I also just took in an 02 Mustang 6 cyl auto on trade and the customers had a hitch on it and they wanted a hitch for there new Taurus, but since they didn't have a trailer yet I convinced them to wait.
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That reminds me about one of local drug dealers here. The guy has tons of money he inherited and no brain cells. Anyway he has a new Mustang with a trailer hitch on it that he tows his garbage trailer with. You have to picture this Mustang....it's black, jacked way up in the back like it's from the 70's, has sidepipes on it, big wing on the back, big hood scoop and then the garbage trailer behind it
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Alot of people pull big trailers with there F-150s because its there daily driver and they cant afford the gas/everything else to go with a bigger truck...and they only pull once in a while.
I'd rather see someone with an F-150 pulling a trailer thats a little to big rather then some sport compact.
But Ranger with a 5'er???? Now thats crazy. How big are these 5er's? I know the rangers tough but man...wouldn't they be driving the ranger down the highway?
Chado
I'd rather see someone with an F-150 pulling a trailer thats a little to big rather then some sport compact.
But Ranger with a 5'er???? Now thats crazy. How big are these 5er's? I know the rangers tough but man...wouldn't they be driving the ranger down the highway?
Chado