Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 18, 2015 Share #1 Posted August 18, 2015 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted August 18, 2015 Share #2 Posted August 18, 2015 Is that axle coming out of the boat trailer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted August 18, 2015 Is that axle coming out of the boat trailer?I hope so- that will mean that he won't get very far before it falls off lessening the chance he'll kill someone. I was just hoping the boat trailer was hooked to a bumper hitch on the car... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrAzY Posted August 18, 2015 Share #4 Posted August 18, 2015 I had to pull 4 boats on separate trailers for work once.. But least I was smart enough not to be on the road with them. We were pulling then through a farm field. I would never attempt that on a road for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted August 18, 2015 Share #5 Posted August 18, 2015 Do I see an AMC Concord? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share #6 Posted August 18, 2015 Do I see an AMC Concord?maybe....or is it a K car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted August 18, 2015 Share #7 Posted August 18, 2015 maybe....or is it a K car?I though K car when I first saw it as well. I don't remember the Concord well enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted August 18, 2015 Share #8 Posted August 18, 2015 Meh, what could go wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Parr8hed Posted August 18, 2015 Popular Post Share #9 Posted August 18, 2015 I hope so- that will mean that he won't get very far before it falls off lessening the chance he'll kill someone. I was just hoping the boat trailer was hooked to a bumper hitch on the car...I was having a cheeseburger and a beer at a little bar in Pensacola one time and a Ford Explorer came barreling over a berm into the parking lot close to where I was sitting. I just happened to notice that it had no rear bumper. The driver was quite shaken. Me and a couple of buddies got up and started to walk over to them and a boat came crashing over the berm and landed right next to the Explorer. It was on a trailer, with a bumper attached to the trailer. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted August 18, 2015 Share #10 Posted August 18, 2015 Now if the first trailer was a 5th wheel setup, it would be fine, but since it isn't, in most places this is illegal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 18, 2015 Share #11 Posted August 18, 2015 When I worked for the boat dealership, we had specially built Chevy dualies for hauling boats. We would tow one behind the other from Texas to Tracker boats in Lebannon Missouri. We would then unhook the trucks, reinstall the drive shaft on the one that was towed, and then load one boat and trailer on a rack on top of the dualie, hook up to a boat and trailer, bolt an custom made hitch to the first trailer and hook up to the second boat and trailer. Two men could haul 6 boats. It was a bitch to try and back those rigs up though.Only made that run once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted August 18, 2015 Share #12 Posted August 18, 2015 When I worked for the boat dealership, we had specially built Chevy dualies for hauling boats. We would tow one behind the other from Texas to Tracker boats in Lebannon Missouri. We would then unhook the trucks, reinstall the drive shaft on the one that was towed, and then load one boat and trailer on a rack on top of the dualie, hook up to a boat and trailer, bolt an custom made hitch to the first trailer and hook up to the second boat and trailer. Two men could haul 6 boats. It was a bitch to try and back those rigs up though.Only made that run once.I have seen setups like this rolling down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share #13 Posted August 18, 2015 It was on a trailer, with a bumper attached to the trailer.I was sitting at a stoplight, and a totally rotted-out F-150 came down the offramp and made a left, across in front of me. The sides of the box were flapping, and everything. It had a chain off the back that was hooked to the front of a tow truck that was even shittier.....On the hook of the tow truck was a Taurus that was even worse. It was like a progressively shittier parade. SO and I looked at each other in amazement....and then I pointed out that that had just come off the interstate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted August 18, 2015 Share #14 Posted August 18, 2015 I was sitting at a stoplight, and a totally rotted-out F-150 came down the offramp and made a left, across in front of me. The sides of the box were flapping, and everything. It had a chain off the back that was hooked to the front of a tow truck that was even shittier.....On the hook of the tow truck was a Taurus that was even worse. It was like a progressively shittier parade. SO and I looked at each other in amazement....and then I pointed out that that had just come off the interstate. Crazy the shit that people do. If I were to try that it would end in certain death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted August 18, 2015 Share #15 Posted August 18, 2015 Buddy of mine was gassing up at a truck stop when a big ass RV (buss chassis big) pulled in. The driver climbed out, stretched, looked over his rig and did a double take. Seems he lost his boat some where in the last 150 miles, 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share #16 Posted August 18, 2015 Buddy of mine was gassing up at a truck stop when a big ass RV (buss chassis big) pulled in. The driver climbed out, stretched, looked over his rig and did a double take. Seems he lost his boat some where in the last 150 miles, That's even worse than my buddy's fishing buddy who dragged his lower unit down the interstate for about 90 miles.... Ground right through to the prop shaft. He said the guy turned it in to his insurance and they paid it....and then told him to find another insurance company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share #17 Posted August 18, 2015 Crazy the shit that people do. If I were to try that it would end in certain death.I came up on a six passenger minivan on the Thruway once.... All the seats were full of people, the back was full of ....stuff... and there was more stuff strapped onto the roof rack. They were pulling a popup camper that had still more shit lashed down on the top. The ass end of the minivan and the tongue of the trailer were pointing downward like a big V and the tongue of the trailer was about three inches off the road. I matted it and got by them. SO says "What are you doing?" and I said "I want to be in front of that vacation tragedy in the making..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted August 18, 2015 Share #18 Posted August 18, 2015 Buddy of mine was gassing up at a truck stop when a big ass RV (buss chassis big) pulled in. The driver climbed out, stretched, looked over his rig and did a double take. Seems he lost his boat some where in the last 150 miles, It sounds like the worst part about that story is that you likely have no way of ever finding out what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted August 18, 2015 Share #19 Posted August 18, 2015 (edited) maybe....or is it a K car? Looks like a mid-80's Mercury Marquis to me. I had one, though mine was nicer looking than this. Edited August 18, 2015 by LoneWolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted August 18, 2015 Share #20 Posted August 18, 2015 Mis 70's Buick?Looks like a vacation from hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted August 18, 2015 Share #21 Posted August 18, 2015 (edited) Looks like a mid-80's Mercury Marquis to me. I had one, though mine was nicer looking than this. I had the Ford LTD version of that car back in the 80s. One day, it caught fire while I was driving it. After I stopped , a well meaning soul came running with a fire extinguisher. I said, unless you have gasoline in that thing, stay the hell away from my car with it. It burned to a crisp and I bought a much nicer car with the insurance money. Edited August 18, 2015 by Rattlecan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted August 18, 2015 Share #22 Posted August 18, 2015 (edited) I had the Ford LTD version of that car back in the 80s. One day, it caught fire while I was driving it. After I stopped , a well meaning soul came running with a fire extinguisher. I said, unless you have gasoline in that thing, stay the hell away from my car with it. It burned to a crisp and I bought a much nicer car with the insurance money. I also had the `84 Ford LTD LX. 2,600 of the LX were made from `84-85, with the 5.0L EFI HO V8 Windsor. Basically a four-door version of the Mustang GT. It was the ultimate sleeper car, and mine (my folks, but they never drove it) was an unassuming gunmetal gray. California Highway Patrol used them as cruisers for awhile. Even with an automatic, there was enough torque to slam myself into the back of my bucket seat from a dead stop, and squeal the tires loud enough to be heard for blocks - even in reverse. I beat IROCs and Firebirds in it all the time, it was fun as heck. It didn't look fast - but man, oh man. And it was scary as all get-out in the winter (Traction-Lok rear axle) and I could spin it around on a quarter inch of rain. Edited August 18, 2015 by LoneWolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted August 18, 2015 Share #23 Posted August 18, 2015 I also had the `84 Ford LTD LX. 2,600 of the LX were made from `84-85, with the 5.0L EFI HO V8 Windsor. Basically a four-door version of the Mustang GT. It was the ultimate sleeper car, and mine (my folks, but they never drove it) was an unassuming gunmetal gray. California Highway Patrol used them as cruisers for awhile. Even with an automatic, there was enough torque to slam myself into the back of my bucket seat from a dead stop, and squeal the tires loud enough to be heard for blocks - even in reverse. I beat IROCs and Firebirds in it all the time, it was fun as heck. It didn't look fast - but man, oh man. And it was scary as all get-out in the winter (Traction-Lok rear axle) and I could spin it around on a quarter inch of rain. Yeah, well I had about half that motor. A 2.3 liter 4 banger. What a dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted August 19, 2015 Share #24 Posted August 19, 2015 My `83 Marquis had the 3.8L Essex 6. Nothing special, but it wasn't a dog like the 2.3L. Boy was it a letdown compared to the 5.0, though.Those were the last cars I had with more than four cylinders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted August 19, 2015 Share #25 Posted August 19, 2015 My `83 Marquis had the 3.8L Essex 6. Nothing special, but it wasn't a dog like the 2.3L. Boy was it a letdown compared to the 5.0, though.Those were the last cars I had with more than four cylinders.About the same time I had that LTD, my kid brother had a Mercury Capri with a turbo 2.3. That thing would haul a$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted August 19, 2015 Share #26 Posted August 19, 2015 I was having a cheeseburger and a beer at a little bar in Pensacola one time and a Ford Explorer came barreling over a berm into the parking lot close to where I was sitting. I just happened to notice that it had no rear bumper. The driver was quite shaken. Me and a couple of buddies got up and started to walk over to them and a boat came crashing over the berm and landed right next to the Explorer. It was on a trailer, with a bumper attached to the trailer.Awesome! Flor-i-duh once again! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted August 19, 2015 Share #27 Posted August 19, 2015 Gots my boat, gots my AMC...I'm outta here, bi*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share #28 Posted August 19, 2015 It burned to a crisp and I bought a much nicer car with the insurance money.My dad had a '71 LTD that split a fuel line, sprayed fuel on the hot manifold and started to Car-B-Q. He was prepared to just grab his fishing gear and let it go, but someone stopped at put it out for him. In his case it was a good thing because he had just cancelled the comprehensive coverage on it and it went into effect a day or so earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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