Xander Wildeisen Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 This pulled up alongside of me today. What would be the benefit or reason to trailer a car on jack stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldford Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Not only that, there is battery on the trailer bed able to slide off and hit some one.... Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughing Coyote Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 They didn't want it to roll while on the trailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F&J Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 6 minutes ago, oldford said: there is battery on the trailer bed The car looks like it was inoperable a very long time, rotors very rusty, and with a battery there, both are probably going to a scrapyard. Scrapyards can damage trailer fenders when they use long forks on a payloader to get the car off in a hurry. ..and if the scrapyard uses a claw to grab the roof, or punch the forks through the side windows, you end up with tons of glass shards on the trailer deck boards and in the board gaps some guys who scrap cars regularly, put 4 junk wheels/tires under the car's tires to make fork unloading quicker. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter J.Heizmann Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Had your chance, Xander. You should have simply pulled along side the tow vehicle and asked the driver. You will never get a straight answer on this forum... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Andrews Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 There's also a piece of 4x4 wood on the front part of the trailer, probably the piece they used to put on the ground under the jack. Loose battery and chunk of wood that could easily slip off and become a serious road hazard, I'll not comment further on whoever loaded this and is driving the tow vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted May 15, 2022 Author Share Posted May 15, 2022 16 minutes ago, Peter J.Heizmann said: Had your chance, Xander. You should have simply pulled along side the tow vehicle and asked the driver. You will never get a straight answer on this forum... I am here visiting Idaho, asking questions in this State will get you cut off from fry sauce. Keep asking questions around here and the finger pointing starts. Refusing to stop asking questions, and it is Hee Haw reruns for little fella. Then you are banished from the potato kingdom for good. And they watch when you return.😬 potatoes do have eyes. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Remember the old days when they junked cars with rusted bodies? Now the wiring craps out and they are junk. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 The scary thing is that someone thought this was a good idea....and proceeded to spend the effort to act on that thought. It's difficult to explain things that people think, but remember, and I mean this with all due respect...half of the drivers on the road are below average drivers and intelligence, by definition of "average". One has to take that into account when driving and seeing such things. I've also noticed that 90% of people just aren't that smart. I'm glad I'm in the other 15%..... 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty Trucker Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Common sense is getting more and more UN-common every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f.f.jones Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Not in Idaho, but pretty darn close... It drove into a tire shop in town. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 😳😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeke01 Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 2 hours ago, f.f.jones said: Not in Idaho, but pretty darn close... It drove into a tire shop in town. That tire is possessed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 40 minutes ago, zeke01 said: That tire is possessed! Unbalanced for sure. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 Trying to post pictures of the tires that exploded on my trailer, while going to get the Cadillac. My phone locks up every time. They are watching, now they are in my phone.😳 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Whenever I have seen anything like that instructions were handed down from higher management and not to be questioned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank DuVal Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 7 hours ago, F&J said: The car looks like it was inoperable a very long time, rotors very rusty, Heck, my cars can get rusty rotors over a long weekend! If I don't drive one for a month they look just like those.😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 Well management is engaged in abuse of power. Who ever management is. Not part of something. This picture loaded fine, just not those pictures.🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Theres also what looks like a piece of 2x material behind the fender, laying there loosely as well as the lashing strap extended the length of the trailer bed! It looks like the front tie down goes a bit high to be attached to anything underneath the car i.e. frame, steering components, axle etc. Almost like it goes to the grill or over the hood!!! This would have been a good case study of 'What Not To Do'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 12 hours ago, Frank DuVal said: Heck, my cars can get rusty rotors over a long weekend! There is a car lot about 10 miles from me that gets in some interesting cars a lot of dealers won't risk. When they get one in that catches my eye I stop and say "Randy, I noticed that car was showing some rust on the rotors. Want me to clean them up for you?" "I'll get the key and a plate." He knows I just want to drive it but that sounds more businesslike. Ended up in a couple of sales though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcapra Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 When I hauled my 48 DeSoto over the Tehachapis, I chained the rear axle to the trailer and cinched down straps over the front tires. the straps popped off the first time I hit a bump. I never knew it and proceeded over the Tehachapis with the DeSoto going forward and back repeatedly with only the chain holding it. My brother who was behind me told me this after we got to the destination! Yikes!!! He was supposed to beep if anything went wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intimeold Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Coming from experience in owning tow trucks and flat-beds; I see several no-no's in that pic. It has been discussed, already about the battery and wooden block, just laying on the bed of the trailer. That is just sloppy and dangerous. The jack stands are interesting. Maybe they loaded the car with a forklift; and set the car down on the stands. Maybe But Why? We can't see the other side of the car. Was there damage to the wheels or suspension, again, maybe. Thus causing the car not to sit level, or whatever. It is much better to have the tires on the bed of the truck or trailer; to use the tires as friction to grip the bed surface. As it is now, the top of the jack stands are on the steel of the car frame and steel of the jack stands. Giving him less grip, rather than have the tires on the trailed bed. Give him credit for having a good tie-down strap. He is getting away with it, in the pic; but if the truck and trailer were to get in an accident; the car may try to slide off the jack stands. But only if one of the straps broke or got loose. Certainly, not the way we tow. intimeold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Many years ago Dad towed his 16 ft boat 100 miles to the Chesapeake Bay behind his '63 Caddy. When he got there he opened the trunk to get his fishing gear and found the nut for the tow ball laying in the trunk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intimeold Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 1 minute ago, Restorer32 said: Many years ago Dad towed his 16 ft boat 100 miles to the Chesapeake Bay behind his '63 Caddy. When he got there he opened the trunk to get his fishing gear and found the nut for the tow ball laying in the trunk. Good thing that he had sufficient trailer tongue weight to hold the ball down on the hitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lahti35 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 On 5/15/2022 at 5:03 PM, 1937hd45 said: Remember the old days when they junked cars with rusted bodies? Now the wiring craps out and they are junk. That must be a southern thing... In the rust belt the wiring holds our cars together! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikefit Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 (edited) We called . The rusty rotors Lot Rot Edited May 19, 2022 by Mikefit Words (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Luddy Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 On 5/15/2022 at 5:03 PM, 1937hd45 said: Remember the old days when they junked cars with rusted bodies? Now the wiring craps out and they are junk. This is very true with VW's and most" German engineered" cars. I can testify 1st hand, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Car on jack stands up on a trailer. Is that a high jacked car? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dube Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Scary that they walk among us daily. Imagine the other corners being cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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