The things you see at a campground

[Black]

Originally Posted by Herk7769

Did not take long for you guys to Hijack his thread.

X2

[dcheatwood]

Oops. Things you see at a cg. My neighbor drained @125 gals from the fresh tank at his site. It flowed away from us all so OK, but when asked why, he said he needed the counter weight behind the axle so the TV wouldn't sag do much. XLR toyhauler (with side by side) pulled by a 3/4 ton power stroke. It was still pointing at the sky. Worst overload I've seen. Guess he refilled when he left.

[Cajun Po-Boy]

Originally Posted by Herk7769

Did not take long for you guys to Hijack his thread.

It's Monday morning...coming off of a punch drunk college football weekend

[Arefbee]

Originally Posted by Herk7769

Did not take long for you guys to Hijack his thread.

(looking sheepish) Doh!

[dustman_stx]

Originally Posted by Herk7769

Did not take long for you guys to Hijack his thread.

I can't tell who hijacked it??? Was it the weight police or the weight rebels???

[Cajun Po-Boy]

Originally Posted by dustman_stx

I can't tell who hijacked it??? Was it the weight police or the weight rebels???

Actually...no high jacking IMO, topic very generic, open for so many jabs! LOL
...twitchy finger and non decaf coffee not a good combination around a keyboard!

[AquaMan]

Wish I had a picture of it, but saw a guy camping at a very large outdoor concert. He was on the side of a hill and had one side of his camper backed up onto a stack of skids and blocking that was about 3' high!


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[keith_h]

[QUOTE=Arefbee;697037]

Originally Posted by acadianbob

1) A Ford Escape pulling a 5,500 lb Airstream! Just about double the tow vehicle's maximum rating. Being pulled from Toronto to Winnepeg. 3,000 RPM on the flats; 4,500 RPM on a hill; according to the owner.
/QUOTE]

I once saw a Pinto with a V8. It sure was powerful (right up to the point the rear axle disintegrated).

I built a 327 V8 Vega in my younger years. Had a Turbo 350 transmission,
posi rear end and strengthened suspension. It was fun to drive, fast and gas was cheap. Living most of it's life in SoCal rust was never an issue.

[John McClain]

[QUOTE=keith_h;697132]

Originally Posted by Arefbee

I built a 327 V8 Vega in my younger years. Had a Turbo 350 transmission,
posi rear end and strengthened suspension. It was fun to drive, fast and gas was cheap. Living most of it's life in SoCal rust was never an issue.

did you live in ventura ? Keith

[keith_h]

[QUOTE=John McClain;697134]

Originally Posted by keith_h

did you live in ventura ? Keith

No I was down in Huntington Beach.

[ironj]

Originally Posted by OldCoot

Why is this crazy? Someone using a truck as a truck? Farmers do it all the time. What is the man to do? Go buy a $60,000 1T diesel dually to haul wood a short distance?

I scoff at the notion of putting dirty firewood in MY TRUCK......getting dirt/bark off the bedrug is a pain.. ;-)

None the less, the 1500 I was referring to was not only loaded with 24" long x 10" thick LOGS stacked to the top of the cab (way over payload im sure) he ALSO had a 28' travel trailer behind THAT and the cream on top was a pair of razers behind THAT!!!..

farmer or not , that aint crazy its just plain ignorant....it is what it is...

[OldCoot]

Originally Posted by ironj

I scoff at the notion of putting dirty firewood in MY TRUCK......getting dirt/bark off the bedrug is a pain.. ;-)

None the less, the 1500 I was referring to was not only loaded with 24" long x 10" thick LOGS stacked to the top of the cab (way over payload im sure) he ALSO had a 28' travel trailer behind THAT and the cream on top was a pair of razers behind THAT!!!..

farmer or not , that aint crazy its just plain ignorant....it is what it is...

Just because some folks use their trucks for what they were intended instead of just as show trucks doesn't make them ignorant. Just using what they have and can afford.
I prefer to let folks do what they want with their stuff. I might not do it, but it sure doesn't make them ignorant in my eyes. JMO

[ironj]

Blatantly overloaded and on the highway putting others at risk IS ignorant......ill leave it at that. ...to each his own....

[iluvlcy]

We saw this today,

Have seen lots of small boats being pulled but first time for a pontoon!
He had no problems gettin around campground.


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[Kaadk]

Originally Posted by iluvlcy

We saw this today,
Attachment 62385
Have seen lots of small boats being pulled but first time for a pontoon!
He had no problems gettin around campground.


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2 things:

1) His truck might be pointing skyward, but at least he's level between the 5er and the pontoon.
2) Where are you that still supplies those charcoal BBQ's on a post? I haven't seen one of those in decades!


In our case, this past weekend I saw a ranger pulling an old school 26' stick and tin trailer. From the looks of it, he should have been way over towing capacity, but it was sitting level so I guess not. Conversely, a 2500 pulling a 30' fiberglass lightweight 5er was nose high driving around. It just goes to show how important the actual setups are compared to the stated limits.

The other strange sight was the ghouls, geeks, and other monsters walking around. (It was the halloween weekend. ) Probably the best one I saw was the family who were pulling their 1 year around in a wagon. They had the kid dressed in a mouse costume, and had built a cover for the wagon to make it look like a sprung mousetrap. So as they went around it looked like a mouse who was stealing the cheese (or potato chips in their case). I wish I had gotten a picture but I had left the phone back at the camp site.





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[iluvlcy]

Ok side on Lake Texoma, quite few Corps places in Ok still have post grills, love'em.


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[F and E Damp]

My aunt and uncle pulled a "coachbuilt" (pronounced "heavy") 18' TT all over Europe for many years behind an Austin A55 sedan. It had a 1.5L pushrod 4-banger which was supposed to deliver 55 horsepower (hence the model name). It had a 4-speed stick-shift and drum brakes. They even crossed the Alps from Switzerland into Italy and back a few times. They finally upgraded to a 2-liter Austin.

They were members of the UK "Caravan Club" and went to rallies just about every weekend. Many of the club members pulled 25' TT's with a short wheel-base Land Rover.

[Cajun Po-Boy]

Originally Posted by iluvlcy

We saw this today,
Attachment 62385
Have seen lots of small boats being pulled but first time for a pontoon!
He had no problems gettin around campground.


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Towing with 4 china bomb tires are enough of a stresser, those folks gotta worry about 8 of them! Yikes ,)


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[AquaMan]

I honestly can't believe how many poorly set up hitches there are out there. For every one I see set up correctly, I see 3 that are so far off it makes me wonder if they have even a clue, or just don't care.

[harderd]

I July I saw a dog biting me on the calf and a lightening strike about 50 yards from the camper. I also saw water running out of my camper, not a good sight.

I never ocrured to me to look at other hitch setups I will have to start checking them out.