Interesting tow job in FL. Anyone we know?
09-11-2007, 06:00 PM
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If you tow a car, with a borrowed pickup and a borrowed tow-dolly, from the rear with the car's steering wheel unlocked, according to the bad, bad, bad advice of a friend, you will experience the following:
After leaving the nice new smooth freshly-paved portion of the freeway, you cross over into the crappy old neglected freeway zone. You will hit some mild bumps. The *** end of the pickup-truck will then begin to do a gradual shimmy that builds in intensity as the towed car gracefully swings back and forth in wider arcs. Traffic on the freeway around you will scatter in panic. Your other friend in the passenger seat will also begin to panic. Soon the rear tires of the truck will make little screeching sounds with each swing of the car jerking them sideways a few more inches. You come up to an exit ramp and think you can make it, so you gently caress the brake pedal with your foot and all hell will break loose. With a great screeching of tires the towed car will wildly swing all the way to the left and slam the rear flank of the truck, spinning it in the direction of the offramp. The car then swings back (being dragged by the spinning truck) as the truck hops the curb at the left edge of the offramp, and passes the truck again and smacks the guardrail on the right side of the offramp.
The truck will come to a rest pointed perfectly down the offramp, with the towed car perfectly in line behind, looking for all the world like you just tried to drive down it and use it as an ON-ramp. You and your friend will sit there for a moment, stunned that you are A) upright, and B) alive. At this time dozens of cars exiting the freeway here will creep past you and give you dirty looks.
After verifying that the truck is OK (just a big dent from the car) and that the towed car is OK (when it smacked the guardrail the only damage was that the fender mostly made of bondo shattered a bit) you get into the car and steer it while your buddy reverses the truck up the offramp, then hop back into the truck and get the Fk outta there.
A while later, you will get a Jamocha shake at Arbys to try and relax.
The U-Haul place next door to the Arbys will have a sign that simply says, "USE A TRAILER".
After leaving the nice new smooth freshly-paved portion of the freeway, you cross over into the crappy old neglected freeway zone. You will hit some mild bumps. The *** end of the pickup-truck will then begin to do a gradual shimmy that builds in intensity as the towed car gracefully swings back and forth in wider arcs. Traffic on the freeway around you will scatter in panic. Your other friend in the passenger seat will also begin to panic. Soon the rear tires of the truck will make little screeching sounds with each swing of the car jerking them sideways a few more inches. You come up to an exit ramp and think you can make it, so you gently caress the brake pedal with your foot and all hell will break loose. With a great screeching of tires the towed car will wildly swing all the way to the left and slam the rear flank of the truck, spinning it in the direction of the offramp. The car then swings back (being dragged by the spinning truck) as the truck hops the curb at the left edge of the offramp, and passes the truck again and smacks the guardrail on the right side of the offramp.
The truck will come to a rest pointed perfectly down the offramp, with the towed car perfectly in line behind, looking for all the world like you just tried to drive down it and use it as an ON-ramp. You and your friend will sit there for a moment, stunned that you are A) upright, and B) alive. At this time dozens of cars exiting the freeway here will creep past you and give you dirty looks.
After verifying that the truck is OK (just a big dent from the car) and that the towed car is OK (when it smacked the guardrail the only damage was that the fender mostly made of bondo shattered a bit) you get into the car and steer it while your buddy reverses the truck up the offramp, then hop back into the truck and get the Fk outta there.
A while later, you will get a Jamocha shake at Arbys to try and relax.
The U-Haul place next door to the Arbys will have a sign that simply says, "USE A TRAILER".
09-12-2007, 10:22 AM
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If you tow a car, with a borrowed pickup and a borrowed tow-dolly, from the rear with the car's steering wheel unlocked, according to the bad, bad, bad advice of a friend, you will experience the following:
After leaving the nice new smooth freshly-paved portion of the freeway, you cross over into the crappy old neglected freeway zone. You will hit some mild bumps. The *** end of the pickup-truck will then begin to do a gradual shimmy that builds in intensity as the towed car gracefully swings back and forth in wider arcs. Traffic on the freeway around you will scatter in panic. Your other friend in the passenger seat will also begin to panic. Soon the rear tires of the truck will make little screeching sounds with each swing of the car jerking them sideways a few more inches. You come up to an exit ramp and think you can make it, so you gently caress the brake pedal with your foot and all hell will break loose. With a great screeching of tires the towed car will wildly swing all the way to the left and slam the rear flank of the truck, spinning it in the direction of the offramp. The car then swings back (being dragged by the spinning truck) as the truck hops the curb at the left edge of the offramp, and passes the truck again and smacks the guardrail on the right side of the offramp.
The truck will come to a rest pointed perfectly down the offramp, with the towed car perfectly in line behind, looking for all the world like you just tried to drive down it and use it as an ON-ramp. You and your friend will sit there for a moment, stunned that you are A) upright, and B) alive. At this time dozens of cars exiting the freeway here will creep past you and give you dirty looks.
After verifying that the truck is OK (just a big dent from the car) and that the towed car is OK (when it smacked the guardrail the only damage was that the fender mostly made of bondo shattered a bit) you get into the car and steer it while your buddy reverses the truck up the offramp, then hop back into the truck and get the Fk outta there.
A while later, you will get a Jamocha shake at Arbys to try and relax.
The U-Haul place next door to the Arbys will have a sign that simply says, "USE A TRAILER".
After leaving the nice new smooth freshly-paved portion of the freeway, you cross over into the crappy old neglected freeway zone. You will hit some mild bumps. The *** end of the pickup-truck will then begin to do a gradual shimmy that builds in intensity as the towed car gracefully swings back and forth in wider arcs. Traffic on the freeway around you will scatter in panic. Your other friend in the passenger seat will also begin to panic. Soon the rear tires of the truck will make little screeching sounds with each swing of the car jerking them sideways a few more inches. You come up to an exit ramp and think you can make it, so you gently caress the brake pedal with your foot and all hell will break loose. With a great screeching of tires the towed car will wildly swing all the way to the left and slam the rear flank of the truck, spinning it in the direction of the offramp. The car then swings back (being dragged by the spinning truck) as the truck hops the curb at the left edge of the offramp, and passes the truck again and smacks the guardrail on the right side of the offramp.
The truck will come to a rest pointed perfectly down the offramp, with the towed car perfectly in line behind, looking for all the world like you just tried to drive down it and use it as an ON-ramp. You and your friend will sit there for a moment, stunned that you are A) upright, and B) alive. At this time dozens of cars exiting the freeway here will creep past you and give you dirty looks.
After verifying that the truck is OK (just a big dent from the car) and that the towed car is OK (when it smacked the guardrail the only damage was that the fender mostly made of bondo shattered a bit) you get into the car and steer it while your buddy reverses the truck up the offramp, then hop back into the truck and get the Fk outta there.
A while later, you will get a Jamocha shake at Arbys to try and relax.
The U-Haul place next door to the Arbys will have a sign that simply says, "USE A TRAILER".
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