unusual cars pulling trailers
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unusual cars pulling trailers
When my 87 Ranger blew a fusable link, my dad & I towed it home behind his 78 Pinto. We also towed my friend's 87 Cavalier when his clutch disintegrated.
We have 2 trailers made out of old pickup truck frames. One of them still has the ball hitch & tralier wiring on it, so every now and then you can see my dad towing the two of them with his 95 Aerostar 4.0L
This van has also been used to pull over trees and pull stumps out of the ground.
My brother-in-law came up on a F-450 tow truck that had ran out of diesel, so he towed it to the nearest station that had diesel with his 2001 Ranger Edge 3.0L
We have 2 trailers made out of old pickup truck frames. One of them still has the ball hitch & tralier wiring on it, so every now and then you can see my dad towing the two of them with his 95 Aerostar 4.0L
This van has also been used to pull over trees and pull stumps out of the ground.
My brother-in-law came up on a F-450 tow truck that had ran out of diesel, so he towed it to the nearest station that had diesel with his 2001 Ranger Edge 3.0L
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:-staun Got most of y'all topped on this one. These words should strike fear into all drivers hearts. GEO METRO and 15' pop-up trailer. All of this in the hills of eastern Kentucky
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I saw a newer Mustang conv. towing a quite large cabin cruiser and keeping up with traffic on I-20. When I was a kid there was an old sign painter who drove an old Volvo with no back window and a hitch on the package shelf that he had a little "fifth wheel" hooked to.
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Originally posted by theologian
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
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
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Saw a new one for me today.
Jeep TJ towing a double axle car trailer...now the trailer was empty...so I dont know what he was going to tow with it (dry weight on trailer had to be at least 2000lbs) but the funny part was the ticking sound coming from the engine and the for sale sign in the window. Don't know how many of you folks would buy a little jeep with a 4cyl engine in it that had towed 2000LBS+trailers (who knows what car he is if any is putting on it...or maybe a bobcat?)
lol
Chado
Jeep TJ towing a double axle car trailer...now the trailer was empty...so I dont know what he was going to tow with it (dry weight on trailer had to be at least 2000lbs) but the funny part was the ticking sound coming from the engine and the for sale sign in the window. Don't know how many of you folks would buy a little jeep with a 4cyl engine in it that had towed 2000LBS+trailers (who knows what car he is if any is putting on it...or maybe a bobcat?)
lol
Chado
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I saw a Del Sol with a Boat trailer connected to it (big trailer at that)
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ford_tr_man, I have seen some strange things in Ak. too. Once, several years ago, before the 4 lane across the flats, I came upon a very slow moving trailer on one of the knik bridges. It was a full 8 feet wide and at least 18 feet long with about 2 cords of birch firewood stacked on. When I finally got passed it I found it to be towed by an totally beat smoking K-car with the rear bumper about an inch off the ground..
I also know of at least three trailers to come un-hitched on those bridges. Two of them were exactly a year apart to the day and both hit oncoming cars head-on causing fatalities. The other one was a travel trailer that did an end-over flip into the river.
I also know of at least three trailers to come un-hitched on those bridges. Two of them were exactly a year apart to the day and both hit oncoming cars head-on causing fatalities. The other one was a travel trailer that did an end-over flip into the river.
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In keeping with the Datsun Z car theme--I once had to tow my mother in laws 76 Ford LTD from Madison WI to Milwaukee using my 74 260Z--kinda the whole "tail wagging the dog" routine
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My husband used our 95 t-bird towed a fairly large (don't remember the size) U-haul trailer from SC to CT, 'bout 6,000 lbs. Not your typical towing vehicle. And we wonder why the tranny is fudged up.
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Semi - type wrecker pulling vactor truck out of small sinkhole. And breaking his cable...
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