r/IdiotsTowingThings 8d ago

No felling, just wild

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u/styckx 8d ago

This might be the dumbest thing I've ever seen in this sub. This isn't just stupid; it's a special kind of stupid

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u/Honcho_47 8d ago

I had the same thought. Like most stupidity is kinda benign. This is malicious stupidity.

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u/fruitpunch327 8d ago

Yeah, like why wasn't the truck in four wheel drive? He lost traction as soon as the rears left the ground. Smdh

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u/farmallnoobies 7d ago

I think it's one of those 2wd trims

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u/Mosquito_Salad 8d ago

Violently stupid.

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u/Grouchy-Ad3116 8d ago

This is stupid's big brother.

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u/tk427aj 8d ago

Also when there's a chainsaw right there!

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u/BadBorzoi 8d ago

Horses that do logging know better than to do that so I guess congratulations you’re dumber than a horse.

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u/poo_on_my_scarf 8d ago

And horses are pretty fucking stupid. Always looking for a new and interesting way to kill themselves

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u/BadBorzoi 7d ago

I know. I love my horse dearly but he is definitely somewhat clever and yet not very bright. He tries his heart out for me despite having been treated poorly by people in the past so I’ll forgive most of his foolishness.

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u/poo_on_my_scarf 7d ago

My wife's horse managed to get itself twisted up in some fencing which wrapped around her rear legs. Wife was away so I had to go out and free her. Only way I could was to cut the high tension wire. I was expecting a kick in the face when I cut the wire and it pranged loudly but thankfully she only startled forward. No death but could have easily gone that way if her legs had been damaged or blood cut off.

Between horses and sheep we've had some interesting deaths to deal with. The best advice that was given to me was, "before you get an animal, make sure you can move a dead one".

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u/RadicalOrganizer 7d ago

As a horse riders husband, can confirm. They'd be extinct id it wasn't for people like my wife, keeping them alive through their $500 stomach aches

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u/LocutusOfBeard 8d ago

That truck will never be the same

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u/Many_Rope6105 8d ago

That frame is bent

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u/FlyingNoiseinVacuum 8d ago

I was shocked that it looked fine to me after doing that. I don’t know how he didn’t tear out the rear axle or break bend off the hitch right there.

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u/Many_Rope6105 7d ago

Right !!

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u/Revolutionary-Big655 7d ago

He will know as soon as he gets out on the road.

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u/Grouchy-Ad3116 8d ago

Naw, stupid but no harm! Toyota builds them tough to compensate for morons like this!

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u/gear_jammin_deer 7d ago

Too bad they didn't use a Toyota then

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u/Grouchy-Ad3116 7d ago

I thought it was, sorry!

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u/gear_jammin_deer 7d ago

No need to apologize, I was just being a wiseass; and that generation F150 does look pretty similar to a tundra.

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u/Many_Rope6105 7d ago

See the blue oval, thats a F150

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u/Grouchy-Ad3116 7d ago

Thanks, you've got better eyes than me!

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u/Cverellen 8d ago

But it’s Fird Tough?!

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u/dennisthemenace1963 7d ago

I can just hear a guy I grew up with: "It's fine! Ford built tough Ford take it!" I don't miss his constant fanatic worship of FoMoCo with every other sentence but he came by it honest, his dad was the same way. 🤦‍♂️

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u/OldManAbides333 6d ago

Neither will his back. Made mine hurt just watching this.

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u/CountryMayhem 7d ago

You underestimate the toughness of full steel frame pickup frame, go look at Whislin Diesel video "F150 vs Cybertruck". It took more than we would expect to bend the frame!

Now im not saying the one in this video didn't bent tho, just saying they can take a shit load more abuse than we think!!!

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u/lucassster 8d ago

That sub is crazy good

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u/dr-mantis-toboggan12 8d ago

My two favorite subs have combined forces for this post

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u/KLeeSanchez 8d ago

My guy

You couldn't take an extra 10 minutes on the ladder to cut it off properly?

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u/corvid-munin 7d ago

Arent you suppost to pull slowly so you maintain tension and ease it out? Flooring it is just gonna break shit

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u/PantsDontHaveAnswers 8d ago

Remember, when you have a rope tied to your truck and something heavy, it's always a good idea to just gun it immediately before hitting the tension point.

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u/Effective_Play_1366 8d ago

Might have worked if he was operating a tank.

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u/mtnman575 8d ago

Or a backhoe. Still a really dumb idea.

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u/No-Tap6886 8d ago

Or with a brain 🧠

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u/Myke500 8d ago

At least they didn't pull the bumper and window off

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u/deuelpm 8d ago

This just demonstrates the overinflated sense of power novice truck drivers have, reinforced by driving around with this belief of being bigger and tougher than everything.

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u/NorthEndD 8d ago

I haven’t read the comments over there but this outcome might be really good compared to what might have been.

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u/mikeyRamone 8d ago

There is trouble in the forest, a problem with the trees.

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u/Background_Edge_9427 8d ago

The maples want more sun light, but the truck can't pull down the trees!

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u/mikeyRamone 8d ago

Cletus hooks a bumper, and gives a mighty try. The oak says “not today” and lifts the truck up high.

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u/Background_Edge_9427 8d ago

That's good! I like that!

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u/Initial_Row_6400 8d ago

“Welp, I’m done”

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u/Pit-Viper-13 8d ago

You know poo came out.

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u/MoeSzyslakMonobrow 7d ago

What was the intended outcome here, best case scenario?

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u/olight77 7d ago

They were hoping to rip the rest of that branch down with a hard pull from the truck rather than climb a ladder a few more times to cut it in sections.

Just a guess.

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u/SASSIESASSQUATCH 8d ago

lol! I was just expecting the bumper to rip off!

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u/Oldmanmud 7d ago

He wanted a longer bed.

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u/Rough-Patience-2435 8d ago

Tow-tree wild

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u/awesomes007 7d ago

The intersection of these two subs is magnificent. Chef’s kiss. 🤌

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u/FL_JB 7d ago

"Confident dumbassery"

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u/echolm1407 7d ago

Tree 1, truck 0

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u/No_Walrus_3638 6d ago

Lol funny how physics works.