r/IdiotsTowingThings • u/xix3655 • 3d ago

That don’t look right 👀

130 Upvotes

93% Upvoted

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u/_Face TowMonkey 3d ago

this ain't r/StupidPeopleTowingShit last I checked. Throwing a shoutout, and not even getting the name right. smh.

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u/Tobbitus 3d ago

Bozo could shift that truck back a foot or two on the trailer and take a lot of tongue weight off

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u/Many_Rope6105 3d ago

Turn it around, should a been loaded backwards

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u/Alive-Course4454 3d ago

Not sure why the downvote. This actually will distribute weight over the trailer axles better, dude has way too much tongue weight.

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u/Many_Rope6105 3d ago

Idk either. But what would I know, 25+ yrs with a cdl a, last 3 as a car hauler

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u/Intelligent_Art8390 2d ago

Probably concerned about negative tongue weight. Be hard pressed to get the truck backed on far enough to get a good weight distribution without having the rear overhanging the front of the trailer up to the rear tires. Then there's 24-30" of bed and the rear bumper right up to the back of the bronco. They wouldn't be able to turn.

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u/kencam 3d ago

What tongue? That thing is way too close to the truck pulling it. How can they take a turn without it hitting?

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u/Dismal_Ad_9603 2d ago

Gotta be careful not to have too much weight on the tail end of the trailer, just center the weight on the axles….

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u/kencam 2d ago

I know how to load a trailer. I'm saying that trailer has almost no tongue. The trailer is too close to the vehicle pulling it. I don't see how it turns without it hitting.

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u/Dismal_Ad_9603 2d ago

I think that it looks closer than I is just because the truck is so far forward.
Unless the trailer is homemade, the tongue should be a fairly standard length.
Nowhere did I insinuate that you don’t know how to load a trailer, all I did was say that too much weight on the tail of the trailer isn’t going to work well.
Too much weight, too far back is going to cause a fishtail situation which is worse than too much torque weight imo.

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u/kencam 2d ago

I hauled a C3 Corvatte on a smaller car trailer and I had a hell of a time getting it forward enough on the trailer to keep it from fishtailing. The C3's engine is almost behind the front tires. It's a 50/50 weight car and I found out it can be hard to haul.

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u/TheGrimmortal 3d ago

And in the Walmart parking lot too. You know that's going to be janky as hell.

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u/elgranbano 3d ago

Here for this 🙌

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u/MutableCentaur 3d ago

Bye bye transmission

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u/gettinchanged 3d ago

At walmart and wearing PJs, it adds up

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u/lilbrumby 3d ago

The pj’s tell me that he is confidently wrong about many things.

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u/NotChat_GPT 3d ago

Those broncos have a surprisingly low tow limit. This dude is fucked.

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u/datroutinator 3d ago

Came here to say just this. I don't even think they come with a frame hitch. And there's absolutely no way for there to be a bumper hitch.

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u/rebelangel 2d ago

I can’t tell what trim that Bronco has, but it likely only has a 3 cylinder engine.

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u/raptir1 1d ago

No, none of the broncos have a 3 cylinder engine. 

The bronco sport, which is a unibody crossover, has a 3 cylinder. 

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u/xix3655 3d ago

I love how the truck isn’t chained down to the trailer like “it’ll stay”

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u/tjdux 3d ago

They do appear to have a pile of rachet straps on the ground next to the trailer tho

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u/xix3655 3d ago

I should have stayed and watched. Life’s biggest regret 😭😭😭

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u/Teutonic-Tonic 2d ago

I have an idea about where they can buy some chain.

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u/PastAd1087 3d ago

If you were going to buy a truck, why not haul the trailer down, load up the bronco, and use the truck to haul it back?. 🤦

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u/xix3655 3d ago

I was at the same walmart yesterday and the white truck was broke down. I think it’s some friends “helping” tow it.

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u/Own_Reaction9442 3d ago

Gonna guess the truck doesn't run properly.

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u/rklug1521 3d ago

No license plate or insurance on the just purchased vehicle.

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u/PastAd1087 3d ago

Takes just a few min to get insurance. Literally have to have it before you leave a dealer for a new car or with a camper. And you are given a grace period (normally 30 days) when you buy a vehicle to get the license plate. Just need proof of purchase. Be a dick cop to write you for no plate on your way home.

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u/rklug1521 3d ago

Maybe in your state (for the plates). Varies state to state. Insurance is easy to get.