Inappropriate towcars
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Faxo said:
That last one! 
Steering lock... Surely it'd be common sense to make sure that didn't lock during towing, right?!Spare tyre said:
That cracked me up... quite a few pennies short of a pound methinks.Hopefully in the interests of public safety, he was pulled over shortly afterwards.
I (or was it a friend) once thought it would be a good idea to attempt to recover a broken down Ford Transit using that nasty blue packing rope stuff wound around both towing eyes.
It was only a short distance, to get the van off a roundabout and to a safe place. The tow car used was a Ford Focus, not mine.
The two were lashed together, the Focus's clutch engaged and very little happened. Then smoke started coming out. Finally it gained some kind of forward momentum and we were off. After a little while the journey ended, for the van driver to proudly announce he had bought a lathe! Said equipment was lounging in the back of the van. God knows what it all weighed: van, lathe, driver (plus sized), Ford Focus (driver and passenger and luggage), other associated crapola. But it moved!
Did I mention this was done on a fairly steep hill? Going up!
It was only a short distance, to get the van off a roundabout and to a safe place. The tow car used was a Ford Focus, not mine.
The two were lashed together, the Focus's clutch engaged and very little happened. Then smoke started coming out. Finally it gained some kind of forward momentum and we were off. After a little while the journey ended, for the van driver to proudly announce he had bought a lathe! Said equipment was lounging in the back of the van. God knows what it all weighed: van, lathe, driver (plus sized), Ford Focus (driver and passenger and luggage), other associated crapola. But it moved!
Did I mention this was done on a fairly steep hill? Going up!
I've mentioned this before, but a couple of years ago i passed one of those monster Hobby TA caravans (normally seen behind a travellers Transit) being towed by a 3 door Golf. It was that low at the back, the exhaust was nearly touching the ground. That caravan probably weighed 1.5 times that of the car.
In front of that was the same caravan being pulled by an Avensis!
I was also passed once by a M3 pulling a little 2 berth caravan. Thing is, not only was he doing it in the outside lane, i was doing around 90mph at the time......
In front of that was the same caravan being pulled by an Avensis!
I was also passed once by a M3 pulling a little 2 berth caravan. Thing is, not only was he doing it in the outside lane, i was doing around 90mph at the time......
Edited by littlebasher on Thursday 23 October 23:23
skyrover said:
Spare tyre said:
That cracked me up... quite a few pennies short of a pound methinks.Hopefully in the interests of public safety, he was pulled over shortly afterwards.
Hot Rod drag week every year sees sights like this. The cars have to post times at 5 drag strips around USA over 5 days fastest combined time wins. They are not allowed support trucks so the cars have to tow all their spares with them for a couple thousand miles.
These are 7-8 sec 1/4 mile cars!
These are 7-8 sec 1/4 mile cars!
surveyor said:
Why not jut drop a car on your head? How did you find that clip?ceebmoj said:
surveyor said:
Why not jut drop a car on your head? How did you find that clip?surveyor said:
Followed a link on the caravan section to an aussie car & Caravan comparing an ermergency stop to just a car. That showed a towing fail,,, and then that popped up. Did you see the tow car at the end?
Yep watched to the end, I'm not a health and safety type of person but where do you start with stupidity like that. I ingenuity shown getting it back on the dolly, worry's me most of all as it clearly shows this happens regularly. I was convinced it would capsize going down the road. Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff