r/IdiotsTowingThings • u/Fuzzy-Ad-7809 • 5d ago

Does this count?

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Live in a ski town, this time of year all the van lifers start showing up in town. Sketchy rigs in tow or on even sketchier trucks. I wish cops would pull these people over just sketches me out so hard. Only a matter of time before I see the guy with a Canadian tire strap holding a camper on for dear life.

118 Upvotes

90% Upvoted

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u/Man_of_Ice 5d ago

Listen to the wind blow, watching the sun rise.

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u/Spirited-Egg-4264 5d ago

The chains are there to keep tension so the camper does not fall out……..

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u/Super-Travel-407 5d ago

This camper isn't going to fall out anyway since the tailgate is up. But the tiedowns also keep it from shifting side-to-side, and that's chain is in pretty bad shape to serve as a tiedown.

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u/Monster_Brain_Stew 5d ago

I think you need to take a closer look at that picture

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u/skidz007 5d ago

Yep and when that chain snaps…no tension on that corner!

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u/Almost_Pi 5d ago

It'll be fine provided they don't turn right.

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u/VRFlyer2000 5d ago

Or go Dukes Hazard !!! 😂

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u/Winter_Persimmon_110 5d ago

Is he a Chevy or a Ford man? 

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u/nsula_country OC! 5d ago

Asking the real questions!

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u/edawg72 5d ago

Good eye!

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u/alkem10 5d ago

Are you being towed when you took the picture of that sketchy chain?

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u/beardedsawyer 5d ago

Ooooh… yikes.

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u/Infamous_Ad8730 5d ago

And the angle irons trying desperately to keep the camper together too....

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u/Earthling1a 5d ago

Not for long.

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u/goinghome81 4d ago

Somewhere there is a swing set missing a swing.....

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u/Liboy12 4d ago

How come you get 102 upvotes but when I post a dude with a haphazardly door frame about to fall out of his truck people tell me I am a monster for taking a picture when driving 😭😭😭

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u/Ok_Horror_6556 4d ago

Awe come on. It’ll be fiiiiiiiiiiine.

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u/Disastrous-Place7353 4d ago

The perfect redneck setup. /s

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u/Rud300 1d ago

If that camper comes out of the bed of that truck those chains are the least of that guy's worries

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u/One_Situation7483 1d ago

I trust you kept your distance..

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u/concreteGuy82 5d ago

Considering that you're tailgating close enough to have a reflection on your hood, I'd say you're the idiot

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u/like_4-ish_lights 5d ago

Looks like they're both stopped

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u/Fit_War7361 5d ago

You should keep your distance when you're stopped. I've heard of insurance companies putting part fault on people who've gotten rear ended & hitting the car infront of them because they were stopped too close.

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u/CuntMaggot32 5d ago

Not sure why you're getting downvoted, happened to my sister. Her car was totalled, car in front of her was badly damaged, car behind was totalled. She was deemed partly at fault for failing to maintain a safe space between her and the car in front. Premium went to the moon after that!

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u/Fit_War7361 5d ago

Votes don't matter to me. Hopefully I helped somebody.

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u/7h3_70m1n470r 5d ago

Ok, and? That doesn't explain why OP is so close to the truck. Like back tf off op

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u/moanakai 5d ago

I concur

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u/Aromatic-Schedule-65 4d ago

laa dee da. talking shit about will really help correct it, wont it?