What an Idiot
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What an Idiot
Iknow this is the other guys but that explains the pictures!
http://www.chevytalk.org/fusionbb/sh...hp?tid/159293/
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Idiot is right, hope I don't meet him down the road 
He would have been better off using a 8" drop drawbar on the receiver, turned upside down, with a 2-5/16 ball. I have pulled my gooseneck this way, but it was with a LN8000 Ford truck
He would have been better off using a 8" drop drawbar on the receiver, turned upside down, with a 2-5/16 ball. I have pulled my gooseneck this way, but it was with a LN8000 Ford truck
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Originally Posted by mechmagcn
Idiot is right, hope I don't meet him down the road
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Like this D. A.? Sorry for the bad photo but it was taken on a cell phone while i was doing 70 mph down the highway in my kenworth (and he was pasing me!) Itsa 5th wheel on a home built reciever hitch setup. But again, look at the brand of truck pulling it. Say;s something about the owner anyway!
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Let me tell you about that guy.
Here is what goes with the pictures.
1st Picture. - I added some heavy-duty chain for extra support on the tailgate(note that i used the "Sever-Duty 'S' hooks to attach the chain). I also paid-up for some BIG 5/16 sheetmetal screws to attach the frame to the tailgate. Yeah, I know it's overkille, but I don't want to have any accidents.
2nd Picture. - Much of my time was spent on the front porch whittling down that MASSIVE 4X4 board to fit precisely into the ball mount receiver. Also not that I used a 14" chunk of 1x4 to distribute the load more evenly --YOU CAN'T BE TOO SAFE, YOU KNOW!! It cost a little more, but you just can't be too safe when pulling a trailer of this magnitude!!
That was taken by a Utah Highway Patrol Truck Inspecter. The guy was up off of I-15 northbound by the Perry Port-of-Entry. He did not make that far they stop him, After the topper was done laughing, He wrote the guy a ticket for unsafe load, and call a tow truck to the trailer away.
Here is what goes with the pictures.
1st Picture. - I added some heavy-duty chain for extra support on the tailgate(note that i used the "Sever-Duty 'S' hooks to attach the chain). I also paid-up for some BIG 5/16 sheetmetal screws to attach the frame to the tailgate. Yeah, I know it's overkille, but I don't want to have any accidents.
2nd Picture. - Much of my time was spent on the front porch whittling down that MASSIVE 4X4 board to fit precisely into the ball mount receiver. Also not that I used a 14" chunk of 1x4 to distribute the load more evenly --YOU CAN'T BE TOO SAFE, YOU KNOW!! It cost a little more, but you just can't be too safe when pulling a trailer of this magnitude!!
That was taken by a Utah Highway Patrol Truck Inspecter. The guy was up off of I-15 northbound by the Perry Port-of-Entry. He did not make that far they stop him, After the topper was done laughing, He wrote the guy a ticket for unsafe load, and call a tow truck to the trailer away.
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Oh man oh man oh man. That is priceless.
I can see it now
Officer "whats going on here"
Bystander "I clubbed him to death"
Officer "I think you're under arrest then"
Bystander "No, look what he did for a hitch"
Officer "OMG!. Well. Good job. Have a nice day."
I can see it now
Officer "whats going on here"
Bystander "I clubbed him to death"
Officer "I think you're under arrest then"
Bystander "No, look what he did for a hitch"
Officer "OMG!. Well. Good job. Have a nice day."
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Get a load of the clearance between the tops of the tires and the fenderwells. I figure he had 190% traction on the rear axle, and 10% on the front wheels.
I wonder what load range tires those are?
I wonder what load range tires those are?
Originally Posted by ROAD CLOWN
"Can't be TOO SAFE you know..."
Last edited by Greywolf; May 12, 2007 at 12:21 PM.