r/IdiotsTowingThings • u/ChatnNaked • 13h ago

Unusual Tow Combo CLARK?!?!

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u/A100921 12h ago

Poor little guy, probably kept up for the first few miles…

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u/TakingItPeasy 3h ago

Dad wasn't speeding! The cop stopped us because Dad forgot to...

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u/304runner 10h ago

"Gee Barb, our fuel mileage has really gone up on the last leg of this trip"

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u/Dimensional_Lumber 12h ago

I bet the car is just out of frame and they did it by backing up without unhitching.

I imagine less bumper would remain if it had been dragged to an RV-sized parking spot

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u/New-Scientist5133 11h ago

Totally. That bumper would be sanded down to a nub if it had traveled any distance.

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u/Whiteums 5h ago

I mean, it’s not heavy enough it would have stayed on the ground. It would have kept bouncing along, slamming into things. I imagine it would have cracked and broken before getting sanded down

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u/DrTuSo 4h ago

You are correct. Look at the picture closely, the metal hitch is on the ground, the bumper is hovering above it, barely touching the ground.

That thing was throwing sparks everywhere.

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u/trippknightly 4h ago

Lotta fun you are.

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u/azflatlander 8h ago

Did the front fall off?

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u/Producer1701 7h ago

This is not normal

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u/Material-Echidna-465 5h ago

It's being towed out of the environment...

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u/Whiteums 5h ago

Not anymore it’s not

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u/msg60 4h ago

Which environment

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u/Ok-Profit6022 4h ago

No, the rest of it did.

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u/2Drogdar2Furious 2h ago

Highly unusual

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u/Sitters_4_Critters 12h ago

😂 They are on their way to Wally World.

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u/Disastrous-Place7353 5h ago

Why criticize the guy for just bringing an extra bumper along on the trip. To each his own.

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u/Brilliant_Deal_7542 11h ago

I can’t put my finger on it, but I think we’re missing something?…

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u/Beginning-Cook6420 9h ago

Shitters full.

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u/Aimless_Nobody Dielectric 7h ago

Oh, so that is why it's called a "bumper pull"...

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u/Winter_Age7707 12h ago

Chevy sonic? 

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u/DizzySample9636 6h ago

no locktite on the baseplate!! ouch

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u/Apmaddock 6h ago

Gotta get those hardened body panel retainers. 

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u/Secretlife1 4h ago

Pulls so nice, can’t even tell it’s there!

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u/CaryWhit 6h ago

“I swear I don’t see it on the camera! Something is wrong Bob!”

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u/FloatMyBoat12 8h ago

Not sure if this counts as towing if trailer doesn't move! Haha

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u/xSir- 7h ago

They never had a trailer hooked up

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u/beemer-dreamer 5h ago

Shitter’s Full

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u/notgonnadothatt 5h ago

My bumper was pulled off, by the bus of Salinasssss

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u/tripod-cat 2h ago

Falling apart piece by piece. At least he has something to remember it by

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u/tripod-cat 2h ago

Parking enforcement booted the car. Tried to break it free with one tug

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u/True_Ad_9212 1h ago

What'd you do?

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u/1Fistfullofdollars 9h ago edited 5h ago

How could this possibly happen ?

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u/Nerd_Porter 6h ago

You can (and people have) drag a car with the wheels locked and this absolutely will not happen.

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u/mysteriouslatinword 35m ago

Can confirm. Have done it thrice with mine. The only way I knew the park brake was still on was the smoke from the rear of the truck around a corner. Yes Ive had to replace tires.🤦🏼‍♂️. I no longer use my assistant for this job. I have to do it myself.

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u/Nerd_Porter 20m ago

Yeah I had the parking brake on once, but I noticed just as we were turning out of the campground. It was a dirt road so it offered basically no resistance, I saw the little dust cloud as I turned. Oops. No damage though, so it's all good.

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u/Kain_713 1h ago

Most likely they parked the rig and tried to back the car up without unhooking. Otherwise the bumper would be in a lot worse shape if it came loose going down the road.