SVreX wrote:accordionfolder wrote: https://www.youtube.com/embed/i2fkOVHAC8Q Can this become a thread of videos/pics of overloaded trailers and death wobble?That's a good demonstration.
Wait, someone on here will say it's completely wrong and then tell the story of the time they towed their cousins house clear across three states with a Geo Metro.
Trans_Maro wrote:SVreX wrote:Wait, someone on here will say it's completely wrong and then tell the story of the time they towed their cousins house clear across three states with a Geo Metro.accordionfolder wrote: https://www.youtube.com/embed/i2fkOVHAC8Q Can this become a thread of videos/pics of overloaded trailers and death wobble?That's a good demonstration.
I always use one of them Oldsmobile Tornadoes when I wamt to move a house across three states.
The best/worst one I've been involved with was an RCSB Ram 1500 towing an ECSB ram 1500 with no axles on this trailer.
Not the truck that was being towed that day, but this picture was selected because it demonstrates a truck of the same wheelbase barely fitting all 4 tires on the deck.
Miscalculations were made and the heavy end was on the back half/hanging off of the trailer. But we had already pretzel'd an engine hoist trying to load it and had 0 interest in trying to unload it and reload it pointing the other way. Nobody was hurt or killed but I'm convinced this is the riskiest "berk it" I've ever been involved with sending. After this we're probably way over confident with this sketchy trailer.
I watched a guy bring "some" I beams into a junkyard. Inside an E250. He had nearly 9 tons of them.
Guy (or gal) in our area lost his single wide trailer while towing it with an El Camino. Not that there's anything wrong with El Camino's.
The funny thing is these are the ppl that will be on various car forums bitching about how crappy their auto transmissions are when they break for "no reason."
nocones wrote: I watched a guy bring "some" I beams into a junkyard. Inside an E250. He had nearly 9 tons of them.
I had my dad's little ex popup camper trailer here. Tossed iron and steel in it as I cleaned the garage/yard. Little 10" tires. When i got my receipt i had dropped off over 2 tons in one shot. 
If my Photobucket was not down I would show you a Chevy S10 pulling a trailer on which was a Chevy crew cab dually.
Don't know if this is overweight or not.
Stefan wrote:
That has to be CGI. Everyone in Europe knows you can tow anything with a 4-cylinder Peugeot, and it's only us insecure Americans with our tiny penises who need big burly man-trucks for towing.
java230 wrote: Ill see your truck and raise you a van.
Wife: "Get out of here!"
Husband: "Fine! I'll leave! But I'm taking the house with me!"
I used to tow a 3100lb street stock (with spares and tools) with a 4 cyl. S10 on a tandem axle trailer without brakes. Only slid through one intersection in two years!
OK a few more since this is one of my favorite topics 
In reply to java230:
I thought that last picture was giant tree trunks until I enlarged it!
My father embarked on building a second house from the ground up back when I was in high school. He is a "do it yourself" guy on the very cheap end of the spectrum. So, he needed gravel for the drain field and what not. He takes his somewhat rusty (but trusty!) 1978 Ford F-150 with an even older corn wagon in tow to the gravel pit. You know, one of those tall hopper type wagons they use in the fields while picking the corn. It has a hatch on one side that you crank open and the corn pours out via gravity. One of those, only ancient. Well, I was sitting in the truck so did not hear the conversation or if they balked at all about filling this stuff at the gravel pit, but they seemed willing enough to just drive a large bucket loader over and completely fill the wagon and the truck bed. I have no idea how any tons of gravel that was, but it was clearly too much. I was sure all the tires were going to pop (both trailer and truck) at minimum. The truck was looking impossibly squished and the big metal hopper looked suspiciously like it wanted to explode. The truck wouldn't move too fast with this load but we only had a few miles to go. I distinctly recall a minivan tailgating us slowly chugging up a hill and thinking something along the lines of "Are you suicidal, get your van full if children away from that wagon!". Long story short, The truck and wagon somehow survived and I spent most of that day shoveling gravel into a big hole.
In reply to WilD:
Great story, I can picture all of it!
The Ford Trucks website in the 80-97 section has a thread about "let's see your loaded up trucks" or a similar title.
Lots of overloaded truck pictures!
ebonyandivory wrote: In reply to java230: I thought that last picture was giant tree trunks until I enlarged it!
That's what she said
Stefan, coming back from Maine we come over a hill to see a 27ft. fin keel sailboat swinging on the chains! Came off the ball and everyone was playing nice. Center lane and did the same sway you posted, I'll never forget the look on the girl in the passenger seat's face.
Big mess, change of underwear required....
Patrick wrote:nocones wrote: I watched a guy bring "some" I beams into a junkyard. Inside an E250. He had nearly 9 tons of them.I had my dad's little ex popup camper trailer here. Tossed iron and steel in it as I cleaned the garage/yard. Little 10" tires. When i got my receipt i had dropped off over 2 tons in one shot.
Guh.
I used to haul brake rotors to the recyclers in the back of the RX-7. (Well, the previous one) 650lb of rotors makes it squat a bit.
WilD wrote: My father embarked on building a second house from the ground up back when I was in high school. He is a "do it yourself" guy on the very cheap end of the spectrum. So, he needed gravel for the drain field and what not. He takes his somewhat rusty (but trusty!) 1978 Ford F-150 with an even older corn wagon in tow to the gravel pit. You know, one of those tall hopper type wagons they use in the fields while picking the corn. It has a hatch on one side that you crank open and the corn pours out via gravity. One of those, only ancient. Well, I was sitting in the truck so did not hear the conversation or if they balked at all about filling this stuff at the gravel pit, but they seemed willing enough to just drive a large bucket loader over and completely fill the wagon and the truck bed. I have no idea how any tons of gravel that was, but it was clearly too much. I was sure all the tires were going to pop (both trailer and truck) at minimum. The truck was looking impossibly squished and the big metal hopper looked suspiciously like it wanted to explode. The truck wouldn't move too fast with this load but we only had a few miles to go. I distinctly recall a minivan tailgating us slowly chugging up a hill and thinking something along the lines of "Are you suicidal, get your van full if children away from that wagon!". Long story short, The truck and wagon somehow survived and I spent most of that day shoveling gravel into a big hole.
That reminds me of a story I read online years back (many years back) about a trip to get a little sand and an overenthusiastic loader who filled the trailer to the brim with sand. Four tons of it.
Trailer was being towed by a 280Z.
I'll try to find it, but the description was hilarious. "Tire smoke for MINUTES" was the descriptor for getting it moving. And the trip ended when the vehicle got stuck trying to cross a street.
Just to counterweight this thread, I will recount the day where I saw an F350 Dually Diesel towing one of those 4x8 harbor freight trailers, which was empty. The hitch was so high the trailer was at about a 30* angle. It was mildly hilarious, though I kept thinking "why not just put the damn trailer in the bed?"
For my own overloads
Nissan Maxima (with Thule roof rack) I moved a friend's sleeper sofa on the roof
Same Nissan Maxima moved enough wood for 30' or so of privacy fencing (including posts) on the roof rack and in the trunk with seats folded down. Took three trips from home depot.
The WRX with about 1000lbs of concrete bags in the trunk and back seat (serious low-riding, even on my 330# springs)
I hauled a wack of rotting firewood off to the dump in my severely lowered Nissan Hardbody. I clearly had not rolled the rear fender edges enough: I couldn't figure out where the smell of burned rubber was coming from until I checked in the mirror.
Nice big divot in the sidewalls....
This thread makes me remember how bad I am at trailer. I had forgotten about passing the semi on I40 at 85mph with a 5x8 uhaul trailer full of various apartment crap behind a Chevy 1500.
I probably shouldn't be putting my own stories in this thread.
I carried 2,000 lbs of laminate flooring home from Home Depot. They were discontinuing that color so we bought all they had.
My 1995 F150 rode like a Cadillac and took it like a champ.
(We actually used the rest of it after the car crashed through our house and the floor had to be refinished.)
irish44j wrote: Just to counterweight this thread, I will recount the day where I saw an F350 Dually Diesel towing one of those 4x8 harbor freight trailers, which was empty. The hitch was so high the trailer was at about a 30* angle. It was mildly hilarious, though I kept thinking "why not just put the damn trailer in the bed?" For my own overloads 1. Nissan Maxima (with Thule roof rack) I moved a friend's sleeper sofa on the roof 2. Same Nissan Maxima moved enough wood for 30' or so of privacy fencing (including posts) on the roof rack and in the trunk with seats folded down. Took three trips from home depot. 3. The WRX with about 1000lbs of concrete bags in the trunk and back seat (serious low-riding, even on my 330# springs)
You know those little dirt bike carriers that fit in a trailer hitch? I used one of those on my crew cab, long bed, 4x4, turbo diesel dually before. My ramp just was't long enough to easily load it in the bed. 
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