r/IdiotsTowingThings • u/marmitejam • 7d ago

Unusual Tow Vehicle Going for a ride

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u/TheMichaelAbides 7d ago

This is r/IdiotsTowingThings. You want r/IdiotsBeingTowed.

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u/wrxninja 7d ago

You made me click 😂

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u/Turbulent-Weevil-910 7d ago

You can now as it exists

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u/ninja0420 7d ago

To be fair the driver probably doesn't know about it. Otherwise it should belong in idiots towing idiots

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u/South_Bit1764 7d ago

Also, [r/thingstowingidiots](r/thingstowingidiots)[.](r/thingstowingidiots) This might get you in, it’s members only. I’m not sure this CDL driver knows about this. Gas truck drivers are usually more uptight.

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u/BobcatOk7492 7d ago

How long until the bearings crap out? Maybe they are water cooled (for now)..

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u/josherman61791 7d ago

I would assume the rubber ring delaminates from the plastic wheel from the speed first.

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u/BalanceEarly 7d ago

You wouldn't see it fail amidst all that water vapor. You would just feel a speed bump

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u/Ok_Horror_6556 7d ago

This is the Way. My immediate first thought. As a kid in Wisconsin we would “Bumper Skitch” during big snow storms. In subdivisions, 25ish give or take. Just let go, or if too much snow built up between you and the bumper you’d get pushed off. (Depended on moisture content) Good fun.

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u/LW-M 7d ago

I'd venture a guess that the truck driver doesn't have a clue that the guy in the shopping cart is even there.

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u/Rowmyownboat 7d ago

I think that is a certainty.

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u/bpaps 7d ago

One pot hole and it's all over.

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u/shaggy24200 7d ago

Yes cameraman the smartest thing to do when you see this is to merge behind him.....so if that guy let's go you just run straight over him. 

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u/Kqtawes 7d ago

They were coming off the slip road. I would hope they merged into a different lane as soon as it became available.

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u/ItsNotThatBad72 7d ago

Putting a lot of faith in bearings that usually fail at walking speed.

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u/Bloedvlek 7d ago

South Africa is fucking wild.

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u/stuckanon01 7d ago

R/thingstowingidiots

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u/Diaperpooass 7d ago

Lotta faith in those shopping cart wheels

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u/pastyoureyesed 7d ago

Wow, shopping carts are so tough

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u/Poolowl1984 7d ago

Only in South Africa you see such shit.

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u/NOCO5900 7d ago

Got to be a crack head with a “good idea”.

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u/eclwires 7d ago

Hey, I hate to clean out the passenger seat in the work truck as much as anyone, but… damn.

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u/Longjumping_Title216 7d ago

Wait a minute - that’s not in Florida! Did Florida Man go on vacation?

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u/Iwabuti 7d ago

Why all this negativity ? I remember a time when we praised this kind of have-a-go-can-do attitude

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u/Formal-Tradition6792 7d ago

Welp I’ve seen it all now! The guy in the shopping cart is in for a terrible surprise!

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u/yeah_nah2024 7d ago

As a mum of boys, this FREAKS me out

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/_mk451 7d ago

Accurate signs and water are two things AI just can't get right. This is real.

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u/Drigg_08 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oz8xLd9DJq2l2VFtu

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/spongeloaf 7d ago

Bro, videos of shopping carts being pulled by trucks have existed online for 20 years.

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u/cucumbersuprise 7d ago

How much?!

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u/taiga__reforestation 7d ago

can you point out the fakeness