You win! That is definitely the best trailering story I have ever heard.
What type of car was it? I want one if it is that tough.
Kevin Lake
56 GMC Suburban/napco
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> From: Schorn, Tim <SchornT@ci.fort-worth.tx.us>
> To: MarkNoakes@aol.com; oletrucks@autox.team.net; 'Kevin Lake'
<lakek@oit.edu>
> Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Trailer safety
> Date: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 9:29 AM
>
> My favorite "hauling" memory is of a guy I used to work with a Bell
> Helicopter who used his car to move a house . Yes, the 3-bedroom 2-bath
> type!! He jacked the house up and lined up some beams under it for
support
> and drove under it, lowered the jacks and drove about 3 miles to a lot he
> had purchased across town. Got there safely!!
> > ----------
> > From: Kevin Lake[SMTP:lakek@oit.edu]
> > Reply To: Kevin Lake
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 1:20 AM
> > To: MarkNoakes@aol.com; oletrucks@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Trailer safety
> >
> > My favorite trailer stories are the ones that involve people towing
> > trailers that are WAY to BIG for the tow vehicle.
> >
> > I ended up towing a 12,000# (rated load) triple-axle low-boy with a
F*&d
> > Bronco that my boss owned. I did try to tell him that I thought it was
> > too
> > much trailer, but he said "just take it slow". I luckily never ended
up
> > in
> > the ditch, but it was by pure luck that I didn't. The trailer was way
too
> > heavy and way too long to be pulling with that Bronco. There was more
> > than
> > one or two very tense moments on that trip.
> >
> > I was headed up through Northern Arizona about three years ago where we
> > spent three hours in a traffic jam. A guy in a Geo Tracker (or
whatever
> > they call the 4-door version) had been attempting to tow a 20+ foot
long
> > camper trailer. The trailer easily outweighed the tow vehicle
(probably
> > by
> > at least a ton). To make a long story short, on the way down a mildly
> > steep canyon road, the trailer decided not to follow the tow vehicle
and
> > proceeded to push the tow vehicle into the oncoming lane of traffic
where
> > it met an oncoming semi-truck which drove it back into the trailer it
was
> > towing and pushed the whole mess over a 90 foot embankment into the
stream
> > below. Not much left. You could only tell it was a Tracker because
the
> > trailer had partially disintegrated on the trip down the hill.
> >
> > Kevin Lake
> > 56 GMC Suburban/napco
> >
> > ----------
> > > From: MarkNoakes@aol.com
> > > To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: [oletrucks] Trailer safety
> > > Date: Monday, May 03, 1999 6:25 PM
> > >
> > > I was talking to someone from the list about hauling trucks on
trailers
> > and
> > > thought that this story from years ago might help calibrate you guys
to
> > be as
> > > careful as possilbe.
> > >
> > > Brian and my youngest brother Scott were moving a trailer load of
junk
> > for
> > > their employer, who I consider to be a real nut, as well as rather
> > careless.
> > > Brian and Scott were young and wouldn't oppose their boss even though
> > they
> > > knew they were overloaded. The trailer was loaded with a big old car
> > stuffed
> > > with a bunch of other junk and being pulled behind a van that was
also
> > loaded
> > > down. They were driving through the hills in Alabama on their way
from
> > GA to
> > > MS. To make a long story shorter, on the way down the road the
trailer
> > axle
> > > broke, the wheel flew off, the stub dug in, and the van and loaded
> > trailer
> > > got jerked off the road and did a barrel roll off of a cliff (if a 45
> > degree
> > > bank counts as a cliff). It was about 60-ft down to water, but after
> > the
> >
> > > first complete roll and about 30-ft down, they hung on the only tree
on
> > the
> > > whole bank just between the van and the loaded trailer (the car
stayed
> > on
> > the
> > > trailer for the whole ride; it was strapped down tight); the trailer
> > hitch
> > > snapped but the chains held and they came to a stop with minor
injuries
> > from
> > > junk flying around inside. It took them quite a while to climb out
to
> > the
> > > top. Brian got to a phone and called my parents and in a typical
> > > understatement said something about running off the road and having a
> > little
> > > accident and would they please come get them. My mom literally got
sick
> > when
> > > she saw the "little accident" and what would have happened if the
tree
> > hadn't
> > > been there and if it hadn't caught on the trailer chains.
> > >
> > > Definitely don't overload your car trailer! Our old trucks are heavy
> > and
> > car
> > > trailers these days are pretty light duty; please be careful out
there.
> > >
> > > Mark Noakes
> > > 58/56 Suburban
> > > Knoxville, TN
> > > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and
1959
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> >
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