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10-24-2020, 02:43 PM
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Rivet Master
2021 25' Globetrotter
Jamestown
, Rhode Island
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 1,720
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But, but officer...
... I read online that payload numbers don’t really mean anything!
https://cdllife.com/2020/motorhome-t...t-trailer/?amp
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10-24-2020, 05:17 PM
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4 Rivet Member
2018 27' Globetrotter
Elbert
, CO
Join Date: Oct 2019
Posts: 328
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They'd have probably been OK if they'd been using a WDH.
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10-24-2020, 05:39 PM
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Rivet Master
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 1,800
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"Officer, I can understand this doesn't look all safe or good. But, I think if you check the weight on each axle vs. the rating of that axle, I'm within the limitations since the manufacture builds them with a 20% fudge factor give or take a little"
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10-24-2020, 05:44 PM
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Rivet Master
2019 27' Globetrotter
Salem
, Oregon
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 691
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OK I'll go first. Would of been ok with a pro-pride hitch. Nothing else matters.
Dave
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10-24-2020, 06:58 PM
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Rivet Master
2018 25' International
Slidell
, Louisiana
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 3,725
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A propride hitch and a BMW X5 would have been fine.
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10-24-2020, 07:13 PM
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Rivet Master
2021 25' Globetrotter
Jamestown
, Rhode Island
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 1,720
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BayouBiker
A propride hitch and a BMW X5 would have been fine.
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Hey, I’ve owned both of those... who’d a thunk?
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10-24-2020, 08:04 PM
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Rivet Master
1982 28' Airstream 280
Port Angeles
, Washington
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 1,942
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I don't think there is a weight problem anywhere but now he is towing doubles so he needs a commercial license. Also he needs operating brakes on the rear tandems.
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10-24-2020, 10:43 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 27' Safari FB SE
NW Oregon in a nice spot
, Oregon
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 879
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But I have a Propride hitch and talked with Andy in Canada...... Oh wait, I should have bought an Anderson...right Bob?
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10-25-2020, 06:36 AM
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4 Rivet Member
2018 27' Globetrotter
Elbert
, CO
Join Date: Oct 2019
Posts: 328
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We're all assuming he was towing. What if he misunderstood "diesel pusher"?
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10-25-2020, 06:58 AM
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Rivet Master
2021 25' Globetrotter
Jamestown
, Rhode Island
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 1,720
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Quote:
Originally Posted by djb75
We're all assuming he was towing. What if he misunderstood "diesel pusher"?
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That’s actually pretty funny!
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10-25-2020, 10:13 AM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Safari
2015 27' Flying Cloud
Vintage Kin Owner
Conifer/Evergreen
, Colorado
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 12,701
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Just because you " can" doesn't mean you " should"! Yikes!!!
Shari
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10-25-2020, 10:13 AM
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Rivet Master
2012 25' FB Eddie Bauer
Vintage Kin Owner
Virginia Beach
, Virginia
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 7,801
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Another head shaker... that IS only funny because no one died. Most of the time stuff like this is not "risky" behavior, it is oblivious behavior.
The headline should have read "Darwin Award Winner Thwarted by Mean Police Officer.
Thanks to the officer who saved the other drivers on the road from this idiot.
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10-25-2020, 10:16 AM
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Rivet Master
2021 25' Globetrotter
Jamestown
, Rhode Island
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 1,720
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Foiled Again
Another head shaker... that IS only funny because no one died. Most of the time stuff like this is not "risky" behavior, it is oblivious behavior.
The headline should have read "Darwin Award Winner Thwarted by Mean Police Officer.
Thanks to the officer who saved the other drivers on the road from this idiot.
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Amen!
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10-25-2020, 11:32 AM
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Rivet Master
2007 Interstate
Normal
, Illinois
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 18,051
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I followed thru a rural area earlier this year a filthy and rundown old pickup pulling a mud covered trailer wider than the pickup, that was loaded up with stuff...with no working tail lights on the trailer.
None, nada, zip.
Maggie
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10-25-2020, 11:37 AM
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Site Team
2007 30' Classic S/O
Somewhere
, South Carolina
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 6,436
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I don't have a pic of this but several years ago some locals put a small home on a home made trailer/dollies and tried to pull a small house thru town.
Busted!
They had to take the house apart board by board and scrap from the side of the road.
I really wish I had that pic.
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10-25-2020, 11:44 AM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Safari
2015 27' Flying Cloud
Vintage Kin Owner
Conifer/Evergreen
, Colorado
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 12,701
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GCinSC2
I don't have a pic of this but several years ago some locals put a small home on a home made trailer/dollies and tried to pull a small house thru town.
Busted!
They had to take the house apart board by board and scrap from the side of the road.
I really wish I had that pic.
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Sounds like one of those homemade "Tiny Houses" that are all the rage...
Shari
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10-25-2020, 12:02 PM
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Site Team
2007 30' Classic S/O
Somewhere
, South Carolina
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 6,436
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Quote:
Originally Posted by InsideOut
Sounds like one of those homemade "Tiny Houses" that are all the rage...
Shari
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Not this time, they were trying to relocate a stick built house. It sat on a wide shoulder spot for days as they took it apart.
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10-25-2020, 12:12 PM
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Rivet Master
2019 25' Flying Cloud
Airstream - Other
Airstream - Other
North Central Texas
, USA
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,003
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In a normal year (huh-what's that) we'll tow 15-20K miles and you get to see some interesting sights in those miles. It's pretty amazing what some people will pull down an Interstate.
I believe in dash cams and should actually save some of the clips.
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10-25-2020, 12:42 PM
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Rivet Master
2021 25' Globetrotter
Jamestown
, Rhode Island
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 1,720
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RivetED
In a normal year (huh-what's that) we'll tow 15-20K miles and you get to see some interesting sights in those miles. It's pretty amazing what some people will pull down an Interstate.
I believe in dash cams and should actually save some of the clips.
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I’ve been thinking of a dash cam. Now I’m going shopping for one.
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