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They are talking about some sort of an endorsment on your license here in Ne to pull a trailer. I see lots of expensive boats on nice trailers that look good on the outside but they never take care of the bearings. Some bearings fall apart when we take them out they are so bad. It's not just having good stuff its maintaining it also. It sounds like blazerado was a victom of bad luck more than anything. They overcorrected when they went off the road. Late at night tired and probably paniced.

Agreed, I dont think this instance had much to do with the equipment. But it does make you think about towing trailers more carfully. I know Im one of those idiots. I use to pull my 18ft car trailer with my singlecab stepside all the time....running 85........draggin.....

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Here in the great state of Michigan you can LEGALLY go out and buy a 40' motor home and hook a tow dolly on it and put your truck on the tow dolly and then hook your boat to the truck and head off down the highway. The first time i saw this on the road, i immediately called the DMV and they said it was perfectly legal. I see it all the time. Prior to that , the biggest thing that person has ever driven is probably a 1976 Buick station wagon... Just dont make sense.

^ Geez, I'd hate to see something like that get in a bad situation.






Chase is a genious

I like that idea with the tow dolly and the boat. I wonder how well that pulls. I couldn't figure how to get my stuff to the lake. Currently I'm like 10' over limit on length pulling the 5th wheel and boat, and that is behind a ccsb not a long. The problem is mostly that people pull as fast as they can not thinking about bad situations. I don't want to see them make it hard for people to do stuff but it needs to be safe.

but if u look at chases pics the trailer seems to be level, hell i would do it, but then i can't be number 1 like chase and i'll be considered a poser

I do.

Seriously.

Think about it. If it was a pain in the ass to legally tow a trailer, it would weed out a ton of these jackasses.

I've noticed it a lot lately with the ever-increasing popularity of tow haulers in SoCal. Just last Friday, I saw some douche bag towing a 33 foot bumper pull toy hauler, loaded to the gills with all their crap, with a 1/2 ton Suburban damn near dragging the hitch because it was sagging so badly from being overloaded.

I would REALLY like to see an endorsement for even driving so much as a pickup truck. People think that just because they have a truck, they can load it up with all kinds of shit, tie a little flag on the back (most don't even do that) and as long as it's not draggin the roadway, it's all good. Like I said, the people that really want/need to drive a truck, will go thorough the hassle, and the roads will be a little safer.

I also think that if your towing a trailer, it should be MANDATORY that you stop at the scales. That alone, would correct a ton (no pun intended) of these overloading/weight distribution issues.

Make the cost minimal, but really educate these people on proper vehicle loading, weight limits, etc. Most of us with CDL's already know this stuff and I think most of you would agree with me.

*Disclaimer*

I'm not saying Clyde is a jackass or anything. I wasn't there, I didn't see his rig, but it sounds to me like it was just an accident.

I'm just talking about people in general.

On a side note: if it's late, and your tired, PULL OVER AND GET SOME SLEEP!!!

oh i agree there are to many people that dont know how to drive period and then we jsut let them drive with trailers and then oh here is a 100000 Rv and trhen some go drive without a training class or nothing.
yea cowboy my exteneded family is one of those, has a 40 or 50 foot nice Rv(bus style) plus they trailer a 30 ft or something stacker trailer and they have no clue drive that hting at like 70-80 and no worries scares the hell outta me