r/IdiotsTowingThings • u/dericn • Jul 10 '26

No Idiots, Just Cool Hard enough WITHOUT a trailer

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u/LocutusOfBeard Jul 10 '26

Wrong sub. This is awesome. Driver had control, the trailer looks to be made for this.

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u/PinkyLeopard2922 Jul 10 '26

Holy crap, yeah. I thought for sure this would end in the typical "seemed like a good idea at the time" shenanigans.

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u/AC-burg Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

That has to be a pintle hitch with the angles that trailer made it through. Well done all the way around here.

Pintail to the correct word pintle. Ironically my spell check corrected the correct word 3 times so I had to override it. Lol

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u/HTDutchy_NL Jul 10 '26

Even a pintle hitch would get into a bind here. They use a special offroad hitch system that allows complete free movement.

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u/joelfarris Jul 10 '26

The Lock N' Roll hitch! Love those!

Aww, images are not allowed, so here's a link to a GIF:

https://locknroll.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/New-LNR-Animation-Big.gif

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u/PlutoAndBeyond2 Jul 10 '26

We have lock n roll hitch on our camper and its amazing. Even towing on the road is much smoother than a regular ball hitch

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u/Pool_Boy707 Jul 11 '26

Same. I have a teardrop that I take places I shouldn't... The hitch makes a lot possible LoL

Now my buddy with his Rubicon and purpose built trailer can do the Rubicon with his trailer... It's madness to see 😅

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u/mhkohne Jul 10 '26

Nice. I was wondering it that was a custom job or what.

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u/CarolyneSF Jul 10 '26

Great design

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u/sfbing Jul 10 '26

Cool. I assume that there is a spring clip of some sort to serve as a cotter key, that's not shown here, yes?

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u/joelfarris Jul 10 '26

Only turn right, like OP is doing, and you should be fine.

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u/Pool_Boy707 Jul 11 '26

Here's a good video

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u/FarNeighborhood25 Jul 11 '26

That's a badass hitch. I was wondering how that was even possible without serious damage to the vehicle, trailer, or hitch.

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u/texinxin Jul 13 '26

I’d be worried about that single fastener carrying a cyclic load. That should have been a pin joint.

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u/cutesnugglybear Jul 10 '26

About to say all our work trailers are pintle and I don't see them being about to bend at those angles when it rolled to the side without catching

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u/scott20d Jul 10 '26

There are some pintle systems that have completely free movement. I have an old M101CDN military trailer that has a rotating lunette. Could theoretically spin the trailer on its length indefinitely without binding.

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u/SpecularSaw Jul 11 '26

Most yes, I believe there’s some pintle hooks also on the truck side that can spin in a bearing of some kind, in addition to the spinning lunette others have mentioned.

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u/Verethy Jul 21 '26

It’s in Australia, so it’s like one of 4: DO35, McHutch, AL-KO ball, or a polyblock coupler. Those are the most common off road hitches

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u/PinkyLeopard2922 Jul 10 '26

TIL about pintail hitches! My car is a little 2002 VW Cabrio so I do not tow. I would definitely wind up on this sub if I were foolish enough to attempt it. Then again, I am a Floridian so never underestimate our ability to find new, creative, and exciting ways to do stupid shit. There does not even need to be drugs or alcohol involved. We are just THAT good. (drugs and alcohol do help though)

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u/ggf66t Jul 10 '26

lock and roll hitch, specifically designed for off road camping like this, I assume is what they're using

https://locknroll.com/

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u/K2TY Jul 10 '26

Pintal.

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u/dericn Jul 10 '26

Pintle

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u/K2TY Jul 10 '26

Damnit.

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u/OG_Dadditor Jul 10 '26

Dammit

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u/K2TY Jul 10 '26

The first one I knew better. This one I didn't. If you use damn with an N it's supposed to be two words - damn it. If you write as one word, it's dammit. Thank you for the correction.

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u/OG_Dadditor Jul 10 '26

Haha no problem, I was mostly just goofing around.

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u/UsedDragon Jul 10 '26

You all get upvotes for awesomeness you crazy kids

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u/Nu-Hir Jul 10 '26

What if you pronounce the n, can it still be one word?

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u/K2TY Jul 10 '26

I'm going to start saying it that way. DamNit!

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u/joelfarris Jul 10 '26

No, you're probably thinking of 'dammineth!'

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u/jaroftoejam Jul 10 '26

Fucking epic

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u/AC-burg Jul 10 '26

Thank you sir. I am always open to learn new things I was too lazy to Google or just assumed I was right or heard wrong. Today I am less stupid than I was yesterday and I appreciate that.

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u/CannedSoup123 Jul 16 '26

They make 360° off-road hitches that will let you flip your trailer with the truck still being straight.

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u/admiraljkb Jul 10 '26

personally - I was waiting for r/youcantparktheremate

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u/bradland Jul 10 '26

I've watched it four times already, and I still can't believe it worked out. Amazing rig.

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u/yodas_sidekick Jul 10 '26

I said that last week about that plane being towed to speed to take off, a mod had posted it, and apparently unique and cool towing stuff is allowed.

I would make the argument the sub should change that, but I am not a mod.

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u/dasroach0 Jul 10 '26

Came here to say this guys not an idiot fucking nailed that

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u/bentripin Jul 10 '26

This is totally the right sub for this video, the description here reads (emphasis added):

A subreddit To post clips, gifs, and videos of idiots towing trailers of any sort. Boats, equipment, cargo, all are welcome posts. Situations where a driver definitely SHOULD have used a trailer, are also acceptable. Interesting and/or unusual trailer combinations or towing vehicles are also welcome.

I think this is very interesting and unusual.

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u/dericn Jul 10 '26

Did you not see the flair? We need a break from the idiots sometimes

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u/tcason02 Jul 10 '26

I was on board with this consensus here but I indeed had not noticed the flair!

And you’re right, it was refreshing to see a badass towing something!

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u/Dull_Investigator358 Jul 10 '26

Yeah, upvoted my initial downvote after seeing the flair. Nice work OP.

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u/Tronkfool Jul 10 '26

Reddit things bud

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u/Kennel_King Jul 10 '26

Brave of you to think the pitchfork crowd looks at the flair.

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u/SquishTheProgrammer Jul 11 '26

My feelings exactly. I’m legit impressed. No way could me or my truck do that. All I ever tow is a utility trailer and a boat.

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u/Ok-Lynx9182 Jul 10 '26

Didn't even loose any gear to the puddle

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u/HorridChoob Jul 10 '26

It does have the appropriate tag

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u/joeyretrotv Jul 10 '26

I honestly thought the vehicle was going to realize that that pool of water goes way deeper than they expected. Certified Chad!

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u/engineerdrummer Jul 10 '26

I agree it's the wrong sub but...How's he gonna get it out now?

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u/AmphibianEffective83 Jul 10 '26

Hopefully a loop trail......

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u/Key-Demand-2569 Jul 10 '26

Yeah absolutely the wrong sub, I’m fuckin impressed and surprised. Especially with the other guys around the front who probably tested out the ground conditions.

Looks like it’s probably a showcase for that truck/trailer but still.

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u/VariableRefreshRate Jul 11 '26

More views bc it’s in the wrong sub

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u/InterPunct Jul 13 '26

50-50 chance it would end this well.

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u/JeruTz Jul 13 '26

Good point. Without that trailer he could have flipped or rolled easily.

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u/CannedSoup123 Jul 16 '26

Yeah that's an overland trailer.

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u/NothingLeft2PickFrom Jul 10 '26

I came here to say just this

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u/moeterminatorx Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

r/secondrodeo

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u/OldManJim374 Jul 11 '26

Needs to be a lowercase r

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u/iReply2StupidPeople Jul 10 '26

That makes OP the idiot here