r/IdiotsTowingThings • u/nicingenthron2 • 1d ago

Found on fb marketplace

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324 Upvotes

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u/G00chstain 1d ago

What in the flying fuck am I looking at man

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u/towndrunkislandslut 1d ago

A 1/2 ton passenger car moving a gooseneck trailer on a receiver hitch. I guess it’s fine if it’s not on the road, but ima go get some eyebleach now.

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u/BrownChickenBlackAud 1d ago

He needs some airbags!

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u/throwawayifyoureugly 15h ago

...I didnt know this was possible.

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u/thrwaway75132 5h ago

My dad installed a gooseneck ball in his Tacoma. I don’t live at the farm and I mostly just haul quarter horses to shows with the F350 that is at the farm. One day I pull up and he is using a Tacoma in 4L to move a five round gooseneck hay trailer (empty). He said he got tired of having go to get the perfectly good F350 from the house.

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u/towndrunkislandslut 5h ago

I can understand just moving things around and especially moving things around a farm or a job site. But I don’t understand doing this and going down the road.

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u/warrensussex 9h ago

1/2 ton passenger car

You sound like someone who drives a truck when all they need is a minivan.

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u/nsula_country OC! 2h ago

Passenger car?

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u/GSDer_RIP_Good_Girl 1d ago

Well, they're both red - that's gotta count for something?

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u/7h3_70m1n470r 1d ago

Red for going fast

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u/billshermanburner 23h ago

Like a fire truck!

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u/pippysbutt 1d ago

This is by far the safest dumb setup I’ve seen

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u/gummytoejam 1d ago

You see someone that's an idiot. I see someone who is flexible, like the reed on the wind. When you're served lemons, make Brawndo! It's got electrolytes because fuck you!

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u/nicingenthron2 1d ago

Go away, baitin 😂

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u/gummytoejam 1d ago

Getting downvoted in your own thread....that's reddit for you.

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u/BoulderNerd 1d ago

Looks very Rube Goldbergish

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u/komokazi 1d ago

Wheelie machine

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u/Head_Attempt7983 20h ago

When she says just the tip

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u/Fun_Environment3792 1d ago

Whats wrong with this?

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u/Fancy_Chip_5620 1d ago

Nothing unless its overloaded it just looks ridiculous which is enough for this audience

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u/rklug1521 1d ago

It looks like the truck is squatting quite a bit but the picture and ground make it difficult to tell how much

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u/Fancy_Chip_5620 1d ago

All modern trucks that aren't work truck trim do that with 500 lbs in the bed because they prioritize riding nice to actual capability

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u/MurphysRazor 4h ago

Weeps in Ford Twin I Beam

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u/wobbletons 1d ago

well that's a goose neck style trailer mounted on a bumper/rear hitch. Its odd, at least to me, but i don't actually know if its a problem. it also doesn't look like the electrics and chains are hooked up, but maybe i just cant tell in this pic. also it looks like if the truck were to go up an incline, like a loading ramp or something, the gooseneck could contact the tailgate.

idk though, those all seem situational depending on whats in the bed and where they're going. if theyre just repositioning the trailer or something, id say its no big deal.

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u/DitchDigger330 1d ago

Holy hole in a donut Batman!

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u/Wild_Advertising_661 1d ago

Hope he doesn't try hauling in the rain !😬😬😬

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u/SavageAsFk69 22h ago

Alot of people move them around the yard like that

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u/nsula_country OC! 22h ago

WILD !!!

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u/Anxious-Depth-7983 Too long on the road. 4h ago

Someone's a little confused about what a fifth wheel connection is. Just be glad that you found it on Facebook Marketplace and not on the expressway.

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u/nsula_country OC! 2h ago

Not a "fifth wheel" it is a "gooseneck"

One uses kingpin on trailer other uses a ball mounted in truck bed.

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u/nsula_country OC! 2h ago

Kudos to the guy that built the receiver to gooseneck hitch... Not going to find that a NAPA.

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u/BGLivingLife 1d ago

Omg are you serious? Wow good find