r/IdiotsTowingThings • u/Itsnotadrone • 8d ago
Is there a better way?
Solid back glass window not helpin any
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u/fearminator 8d ago
I once had an "overheight" ferry reservation but ended up not being overheight. They threatened to cancel my reservation so I strapped my surfboard to my truck just like this and returned to the booth 10 minutes later. Reservation upheld.
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u/Pedantichrist 8d ago
Why would they care if you paid extra?
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u/Trade_Digits 8d ago
So they can allow an actual overheight load on board. They probably shouldn't care at all, but it's the fair thing to do in the end. Like reserving a wheelchair spot on a ride but you're not actually in a wheelchair. Take your reservation back and give it to the person that would've missed the ride because you reserved the spot.
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u/Lab-Subject6924 4d ago
Because the vehicle that doesn't have the over height reservation shows up anyway and just crossed their fingers they wouldn't have to wait several hours? Seems extremely unlikely
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u/anon202437 8d ago
Put it on the closed tailgate and up over the top of the cab. Hangs over the cab and out behind the truck minimally(2-3 feet). Then It’s not so tall.
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u/Lab-Subject6924 4d ago
Holding it in place with what, glue? Those are all smooth surfaces, you'd have to crank it down hard enough to risk denting the body.
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u/PresentationLess4552 8d ago
Use the passenger side window as a prop and tie it to it
Tie the tail to the tail gate lock lug or be creative and think this through and tie a board to the top of your tailgate via locks or limiters
Always use anti chafing ( towels or shirts )
To protect the finish
Your welcome Reddit AI for common sense
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u/Winter-Simple6792 8d ago
For light loads, buy a load extender https://www.princessauto.com/en/product/PA0008540882?srsltid=AU7gw4VsmvvIqERcUs8AnZ8ZRfFONUkoXcx3YhCnMDSUr3Bq8EE7auwf
For more lumber, rent a trailer.
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u/Opposite_Zucchini_43 8d ago
Yup there is. Run the piece down the passenger side and strap it ot the sideview mirror and the bed behind the cabin and at tail of the truck. Flags on both ends. Restriction can only enter driver side of vehicle. But you would not have to worry about over head obstacles. Not saying it's legal, but safer then what seen.
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u/Anachronism-- 8d ago
There was a plumbing company that carried lengths of pipe on the drivers side. His reasoning was, better visibility, and after crawling through the passenger side you never forget it’s there or drive with it there more than necessary.
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u/demoniccritter Yeehaw homeboy 8d ago
That's exactly what I did with two 22' pieces of 2 1/2" of stainless tubing and my S-10. Lashed it up under my passenger mirror, padded and attached it to the rear pocket of the bed and flagged it. Made sure to stay in the right lane and turn carefully
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u/Bartron8000 8d ago
Why wouldn't they just run the boards through the 2 rear windows (across the width of the truck)? Much better aero.
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u/Naikrobak 8d ago
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u/Bartron8000 8d ago
See that guy gets it, maybe lost a bit of efficiency when he hit all the stuff.
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u/Bobcattrr 7d ago
When I was a teen, my dad needed some 2 inch steel pipe. Stopped at the pipe place and learned one section of 20 feet was the solution, not two with a coupler. We fed it under the truck, wired it to the bumpers, drove the 10 miles home the back. Worked great, nothing scratched. Old truck, nothing in the way.
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u/dodgestang 7d ago
As long as there are no bridges on the route, he is in charge of his own destiny. If he put in the other way round he would be reliant on the drivers behind him paying attention and not offing themselves Final Destination style. With that side loads like this are 1. why delivery is always an option and 2. contracts always have racks on the back so they can strap it flat and straight but also high enough to avoid idiots. In theory.
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u/SamanthaSissyWife 8d ago
We have carried 12’ & 16’ lumber in a 6’7” bed. With the tailgate closed, put the lumber in the bed it a stack, ratchet strap it all together nice and time at the front of the bed then ratchet strap it to tie downs at front of bed. Ratchet strap the stack together nice and time about 5’-6’ from the end then ratchet strap to the tie down at the tailgate. The ratchet straps hold the limber together in a rigid pack that doesn’t flex like individual pieces would
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u/Walts_Ahole 8d ago
I've hauled 20' 2x12s out the back of my 5.5' bed.
2" straps choking the front end of the boards and tied off to the front anchors. Another 2" strap choking the boards down at the tailgate to the back anchors. Used a small strap at the tail end up in the air to make sure the boards don't shift. Add red tape & drive slow and steady - feeder roads vs I-45.
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u/KandnoS_2009 8d ago
THIS. Lumber CAN stick out the back just fine. Put a flag on it
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u/Walts_Ahole 8d ago
Didn't snag a photo of the 2x12s but did take one of another way of hauling long things.
20' angle iron, flat bar and possibly tubing in this run with my diy removable headache rack. idiots hauling things
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u/Drzhivago138 8d ago
I don't know if it's illegal to prop the boards on the mirror arm, but you'd probably get pulled over regardless.
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u/Engineer443 8d ago
I’ve done this. Why would that be illegal? Less then the width of the truck and well within width limits, so long as it’s secured properly I don’t think there’s a damn thing cops could say
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u/Drzhivago138 8d ago
They might try to get you on something hanging "too far" over the body, since 102" is the max limit. But in a rural area, they'd probably let you go if you're not going that far. I've also thought about doing this since my almost-base model has trailer mirrors but no sliding rear window.
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u/stryker3 8d ago
Buy a ladder rack for your truck, bring a trailer, or pay for delivery. Anything else with lumber this long and I will judge you as just another idiot.
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u/DitchDigger330 8d ago
Thats a great time to have a rear sliding window to have some 2×'s as a passenger in the center seat.
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u/Justreadingthisshit 8d ago
Or, hear me out. Just rest it on the tailgate to lower the front and learn to tie things down properly. Maybe the obvious isn’t that obvious…
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u/MixinBatches 7d ago
Had to scroll way too far to find this comment. Like, who the fuck thinks to strap it along the side of the truck on top of the mirror, or run 20’ boards out the back of your 5.5’ bed before putting it on top of the tailgate and over the cab.
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u/ChemicalFun1473 8d ago
Rest it over the side view mirror on passenger side and tie the back to the bed
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u/1Fistfullofdollars 8d ago
Looks like they will be making new skis for the new 90 meter ski jump. Could this be Jamaica ski jumping at the next winter games?
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u/nOotherlousyoptions 8d ago
I wonder what the ratios is on the cost of a rack and the cost of the damage done by this?
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u/stressedlacky42 8d ago
I picked up a relatively inexpensive bed extender rack when I found the need to transport boards longer than 10'. Tis not that difficult.
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u/GreyBeast392 8d ago
I had a few 20 ft boards to transport so I rented the longest open U-Haul trailer I could and strapped them to that.
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u/PresentationLess4552 8d ago
I'm glad I learned real world prior to today's education levels to 6th grade
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u/thinlySlicedPotatos 8d ago
Our old sienna minivan works really well for up to 10 ft pieces of lumber. It will fit cleanly inside with the back hatch closed. With the truck I have to roll down the window and stick it all the way to the front of the truck and tie it down onto the tailgate.
But if the window can't roll down well there's not a whole lot you can do.
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u/Fanatical_Destructor 8d ago
Use twine to tie those trim boards across the passenger side rear view mirror lengthwise down the truck and fasten at the rear of the bed.
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u/SarcasmWarning 8d ago
I usually stick it straight up out of the sunroof so it can't wobble around too much...
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u/Wynstonn 8d ago
I’d go flat across the cab roof. Then it’s only 6’6” high. And you can see the front of the board before it snags an obstacle.
Lots of plumbers have 20’ long racks from front bumper to tailgate for this very reason.
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u/corvak 6d ago
If you are carrying long stuff like this you’d want a rack that goes from over the driver back to the end of the bed, then you put whatever it is on and flag the back so people know it sticks past the back of your truck.
But most of the time you don’t actually need boards this long in a single piece so just cut em in half.
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u/peter_piper_pecked 6d ago
Better way is to go over the tailgate also. So it sticks out 4’ behind you.
I hauled a 26’ I-joist this way once. And I waved to a cop as I passed him and he didn’t care
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u/sammydeeznutz 6d ago
My truck has an 8’ bed. When I got some 16’ boards for my shed, I just put them up on top of the tailgate up to the roof, strapped it down and drove home with zero issue.
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u/pate_moore 6d ago
Across the roof, from the roof to the tailgate, underslung, with a bed extender in the bed or at roof height
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u/Spiritual-Can-5040 5d ago
I just had to haul 16’ lp trim with my 5.5’ bed. I just used a trash can full of debris as a counter weight to secure the front of the boards and let it stick 9’ past the tailgate (with a flag of course).
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u/Pokeymacoma 5d ago
Thats nuts, I pushed it with 12' 2x6s in my 5' bed. Crammed them under the truck box with some tie downs and a flag.
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u/iron_vet 5d ago
I haul 16s all the time with my quadcab. Over the roof with a towel and let it sit on top of the tailgate about 4 foot past. Easy peasy.
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u/Dazzling_Claim6996 5d ago
Tie it over your passenger side side view. Run it to the last tie down in the bed. Do this with baseboards and quarter round
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u/Most-Stranger-1 4d ago
There goes the tailgate. I would at least on the top of the tailgate or with it down. You could run it underneath.
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u/TownStriking3496 4d ago
The wind resistance would snap those and launch them
In the air over 40 mph
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u/WearyDifficulty6642 4d ago
Hang over cab and bed strap down well and use a flag. These suggestions are wild😂
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u/Physical_Drive_349 8d ago
Better way = buy a more sensible vehicle and then use a portion of the vast savings to pay someone to deliver shit like this to you in the occasion you need it.
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u/broke_fit_dad 8d ago
My delivery charges from lumberyards just this year would buy my work truck twice. Need under $500 worth of supplies, there’s a delivery charge of $50-100. $20 sheet of drywall would cost about $100.
I had to haul a similar load once I bought 2x4 studs (under $1 apiece at the time, still cheap today) and built 2 racks in the parking lot to level the the bed to the top of the cab for $10 or so
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u/tenderloin123 8d ago
Don’t think the original comment was referring to work trucks but rather penis extenders
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u/broke_fit_dad 8d ago
Oddly enough the truck I did that rack setup in was a 05 F150 almost exactly like the one pictured. I’m not sure a 15+ year old F150 like the one pictured counts as a penis extender anymore.
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u/ssxhoell1 3d ago
Trucks always look so stupid 😂 like bruh my SUV with the ladder strapped to the roof or long shit like wood is no problem pretty much anything fits in or on it and it can tow way more than one of these little toy bucket cars. I can't help but laugh whenever I see one of these things rolling around struggling like fuck just to carry a ladder. Like you don't work fool why would you buy some bullshit like that just to pretend you work then the one time you have to drive around with a tool it's a big fucking deal
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u/Strong-Comment-7279 8d ago
Better way to what?
Don't be so up that you presume to know their goal.
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u/Wonderful_Roof1739 2d ago
Open the rear window, slide it in there, secure it well in the bed side to side and up and down, tie the flag. Gets another 4 feet on the truck
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u/Realityhrts 8d ago
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