Doh!

That's not the new truck is it?

Don't feel too bad. I got my base set up after digging through 5' of ice and snow and drove off leaving the case to my GPS gear sitting in the middle of a parking lot. When I finally got back at the end of the day a good samaritan in a nearby business who saw what had happened brought the case out to me saying he picked it up so nobody would swipe it. Still a few good people around.

Bummer about the window.

cwlawley, post: 411717, member: 3114 wrote: That's not the new truck is it?

It's the older truck.

Been there done it. 🙂

I had an ATV go through the back of my brand new F250 years ago. I loaded the ATV in the back of the truck to move out of what would soon become an active fire range on an army post I was surveying. It was just a 1/4 mile on a dirt road and the careless me took control and decided not to tie it down. I hit a hole hidden in the beach grass and the ATV came through the back window. I still find glass under the back seat 16 years later.

Recently I decided to purchase 3/4" rebars in 20 foot lengths and cut them myself to save a few bucks. While driving in the yard, I met up with a fork lift and decided to back up. I forgot I was pulling the trailer and jacknifed the trailer into the side if my truck. So much for saving a few bucks.

Many years ago I had a big bale mover that pulled behind the pickup on a two-wheel frame. Some idiot (not me) put old mud & snow tires on it. You know what? Those tires will grab gravel perfectly to shoot it right into the rear window of a pickup. First time that happened I about needed to change my pants. Thought someone had shot at me. The second time that happened I decided it was time to replace the tires with a nice street tread that wouldn't pickup much more than a little sand or mud.

I'll add to the confessions.
Few years back when the grey matter was younger I was enjoying a quiet time after evening meal when had a phone call from person in town to ask how much longer was "that survey device going to sit in their back yard". The lady was concerned her kids were getting too inquisitive!
I raced off and retrieved a forgotten target set up in a person's back yard.
Once my boss dug a huge hole looking for a long lost reference.
Days before metal detectors.
Later we were looking for the T1A.
It was buried under the mound of rubble!
Same boss, left the whole kaboodle, T1A in case, sitting on side of roadway.
Came back next day. Still where it was left.

Headache rack anybody?

So, all you have is a pickup, one small box, and the rest goes in the cab?

billvhill, post: 411779, member: 8398 wrote: Recently I decided to purchase 3/4" rebars in 20 foot lengths and cut them myself to save a few bucks. While driving in the yard, I met up with a fork lift and decided to back up. I forgot I was pulling the trailer and jacknifed the trailer into the side if my truck. So much for saving a few bucks.

I'm really batting 1000 with this one. Okay, I have the same ATV on a trailer heading to a job in NV. I worked late the night before my travel day and left early for the 12hr + trip. About half way down I pulled into a picnic area to take a quick little nap. I woke up and proceeded to back out total forgetting that I had the trailer on. Jackknifed the ATV into said F250.

Fast forward to a couple of years age, Shelby & I were working together on a job in the Olympic Peninsula. I had a different ATV on a different trailer on the same long since repaired F250heading from a project in Seattle to the peninsula. I'm driving down the road when I notice my ATV next to me. It turns out the trailer tongue on my aluminium trailer had snapped. The ATV hit the other side.

Moral of the story is that I should not tow my ATV with this truck. No problem towing 24' race trailers across North America, just not the damn ATV

John Putnam, post: 412189, member: 1188 wrote: I'm really batting 1000 with this one. Okay, I have the same ATV on a trailer heading to a job in NV. I worked late the night before my travel day and left early for the 12hr + trip. About half way down I pulled into a picnic area to take a quick little nap. I woke up and proceeded to back out total forgetting that I had the trailer on. Jackknifed the ATV into said F250.

Fast forward to a couple of years age, Shelby & I were working together on a job in the Olympic Peninsula. I had a different ATV on a different trailer on the same long since repaired F250heading from a project in Seattle to the peninsula. I'm driving down the road when I notice my ATV next to me. It turns out the trailer tongue on my aluminium trailer had snapped. The ATV hit the other side.

Moral of the story is that I should not tow my ATV with this truck. No problem towing 24' race trailers across North America, just not the damn ATV

Reminds me of the time I was set up with the gun on top of 3' bank on the roadside. I saw an old F100 comin down the road and kept seeing something bounce in behind it. About the time I realized what was happening the trailer came off and was coming right for me and the gun. When it hit the bank it buried 3' of tongue into it. The old feller driven the truck was clueless to what had happened.

John Putnam, post: 411748, member: 1188 wrote: I had an ATV go through the back of my brand new F250 years ago. I loaded the ATV in the back of the truck to move out of what would soon become an active fire range on an army post I was surveying. It was just a 1/4 mile on a dirt road and the careless me took control and decided not to tie it down. I hit a hole hidden in the beach grass and the ATV came through the back window. I still find glass under the back seat 16 years later.

I did the same with a F250 and an ATV years ago. I was cruising home late along a backroad on a dark night and a deer jumped in front and I swerved and braked.
Insurance company said that I was driving carelessly. Go figure...

Mine was a stock trailer. Empty, fortunately. The rail crossing was rougher than normal. Somehow the ball hitch released the trailer. It went off the right side of the road, through the gentle highway ditch and finally thunked into a six-foot tall dead tree stump in the front yard of a rural couple I knew. It's amazing what adrenaline can do. I braced myself between the front of the trailer and the stump and shoved the trailer back enough to drag the tongue far enough to one side that when I reconnected the trailer it would just miss the stump. Since nobody saw it, maybe it never happened.

When the tongue gave way the first thing that came to mind was that the hitch had come off the ball and I was wondering why the breakaway chains had not stopped the trailer from running away. It was only after I used the truck to stop the trailer that I found the tongue and said chains still attached to the truck. The week got even more expensive when I had to part the rental trailer away from my hotel when I got back to my Seattle job. It seems that the local professional campers decided they wanted my boots, vest and jacket more than me. I got to the truck the next morning to find all of that missing plus some miscellaneous bits and pieces from the cab. The did leave the cordless Bosch rotor hammer though.

Adam, post: 411713, member: 8900 wrote: I had a Homer Simpson moment earlier today.

Aw, heck at least you didn't do this. 😉

or this,

Have a great weekend! 😎

I've heard the correct spelling is D'oh, with an apostrophe.

John Putnam, post: 412189, member: 1188 wrote:
Moral of the story is that I should not tow my ATV with this truck. No problem towing 24' race trailers across North America, just not the damn ATV

Yea, the trailer I was pulling was a 10' with the ATV ramp. I had to have the guy cut the rebars in half. Without the attached ramp, you can't even see the trailer in the mirror. That sure don't help remind you that your pulling something.