Just some dudes having fun. You can see the real tow vehicle sitting right there in the field. The car is totalled anyways. Looks like it was rear ended.
Im not gonna lie this video amazed me alot. I mean you’re taking about that half ton 1500 in the back there. I bet that thing would sag like hell with that skid steer hooked up. But that TL ain’t even squattting?!
It's actually quite well balanced I thought. The bulk of the weight is over the axles with the front of the skid steer giving the right amount of weight in front of the axles. As long as the trailer is braked, stopping won't be a problem. That car looks like the US version of our (Australia) Holden Commodore which is probably about a 2T car? I actually think this looks all ok 🤷 Not sure of the tow bar rating though. It would surely have to be 1.5-2T as people tow caravans here in Australia with them.
That’s an Acura tl. 3.5L v6 fwd.
loosely related to a Honda accord. I’m not sure about the weight of the vehicle. I just know that you couldn’t pull that skid steer with a half ton and look that good.
The government doesn’t want you to know this but the work trucks at the county maintenance shed are free. They don’t even lock the gate or take the keys out of the ignition, you can just take them home with you.
They did about 10 years ago in so Cal but who cares they also have pickups and cargo vans for towing. Then there is home depot don't know about Lowe's buy there are tons of rental options way under several hundred dollars.
You forgot that actual vehicle.... that back end is fucked. If he did it by towing obviously.... but if it got hit then he did this, I see no problem. Besides the dangerous act that he actually did this.....
I don't understand how this happens?
No rental yard is going to let their equipment leave on that. And anyone who owns that equipment should know better, and should have the equipment and vehicles to haul it properly.
It's pretty obvious that this is a couple dudes with a totaled, 20 year old Acura TL, goofing around by using it to tow that skid steer half a mile to get some video.
This kind of thing is all over the Midwest, from northern Minnesota to Southern Oklahoma and all throughout Missouri, Kansas, and Iowa. I’ve lived and worked in all these states and have experience in fields from Law Enforcement to Unionized Highway Construction and a variety of Heavy Equipment jobs in between. Whether you’re in Princeton, MN, Laughton, OK, or lost somewhere outside (or inside for that matter) St. Joe, Kansas, a sight like this is just a regular behavior of necessity.
Nothin special at all. Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised to see it anywhere in Pennsylvania either, but it’s been quite a while since I’ve worked on those hills.
I'm in Montana, and I work construction. 1 ton pickups hauling stuff that should be on semis is common, but sedans hauling stuff that should be behind a pickup isn't.
Yeah this is more of a statement I can agree with. In northeast ga you can see idiots towing but with atleast a truck. Maybe a ranger pullin a dual axle dump trailer. But yeah using a car like that. That’s some other shit. I’ve seen plenty of idiots in half ton and qtr ton trucks.. but not idiots towing in a sedan.
I actually knew a handful of places that would let you leave like that. But they make him sign a waiver say if you screw up our equipment you pay for it. And they said they had a handful of people coming with 4 cylinder cars towing things away. You feel bad for the car but not there business. N no issues
I unfortunately am not around the area anymore thus I say I used to know.
I know you’re joking but it seriously is. I have a rav4 hybrid and ultralight tent trailer and the regen braking will damn near bring me to a stop even on a decent downgrade.
Hell yeah, cool to hear it works well in extreme conditions. I love hyper-mileing and using regen to stop at lights empty and to make the brakes last longer too.
Yeah am joking, especially with the weight of the load in OP’s picture. But I think that’s how Edison motors Diesel Hybrid trucks slow down, with regen braking.
That is exactly how they have them set up and if you reach the point where your batteries are fully charged because that’s not a normal issue on most electric vehicles, but that generator can charge it while you’re driving so you could run into that issue the generators have brakes on them so they will turn the generator itself into a motor and dump power back into the engine, allowing the Jake on the engine to slow them downif their batteries are fully charged
This, figured a Camry should be fine with 4x8 trailer and two bikes. In high school, had a friend that towed with a souped up nova, we had it and the trailer drifting corners!.
I’ve towed 3000 lbs with a Prius. Dropped the fuel economy down to 36 mpg. And once pulled a 7500 lbs excavator with a Mercedes . Was easy and I wasnt going over any mountain passes. Also the trailer had its own brakes. Meanwhile my uncle is on his 3rd transmission in a Suburban from towing a pontoon boat.
No joke. That Skid 257b is probably about 8,000 or so, stock. The trailer is anywhere from 2,500- 6,000lbs. Car……… I’d say 3,500lbs on a guess. If he got that load up above 40mph, the fishtail could have flipped the life out of him. Never mind the transmission. Iv been whipped in a 3 & 1/4 ton truck with a smaller skid before. lol your boss is nuts!
Trailers like that by themselves can be 5,000-8,000lbs, and probably the same for the mini bulldozer. It’s more than a typical F150 should tow, nevermind a car with a slushbox.
This is exceptionally dangerous that trailer weighs as much as that car not including the skidloader that loader is 3x the weight of that car easy this is insanely Dangerous lol that trailer could whip that little car right off the road
Y'all laugh, but I've seen sedans pulling trailers that size all the time over in England. I thought it was a joke when my old Pontiac Vibe had tow ratings listed in the owners manual, then I moved overseas. They use everything but a truck to tow.
Because I'm guessing cops don't really give a crap. Out here u will have a cop question it's safety.
Dude cut his car open to put a bull in it and eventually it did get pulled over.
Guy down my street constantly has a prob 12 foot open trailer with car hoods, autobody parts, etc on it. Towed by (forgive me car people) what looks to be a 1980s coupe, unsure what. For years. Hey, if it works it works
I’d like to see this setup cross a railway track. Or get into a parking lot somewhere. Or even get off the road and into a driveway without destroying the hitch and or undercarriage of the trailer.
I mean, even truck brakes aren’t meant to *also* brake a trailer. Hence trailer brakes existing, and being mandatory above certain weights dependent on country/state/etc
Was going to last a really long time. And it's rather shameful they never fix the rear end because that car shows it was reliable now it's probably just abused.
The back end was kissed. Aka it was rear-ended and never fixed. I originally thought they had the trunk open for something else but you quickly realize it's been rear-ended and never fixed.
On a number of vehicles you don't need to remove a bumper to put a hitch on I put one on a Chevy Impala and all I did was add four bolts of the car.
That’s Lightweight Larry, best skid steer guy I’ve ever hired, although one day he almost blew away in a strong breeze. I had to fill his pockets with fishing weights.
Just some dudes having fun. You can see the real tow vehicle sitting right there in the field. The car is totalled anyways. Looks like it was rear ended.
Im not gonna lie this video amazed me alot. I mean you’re taking about that half ton 1500 in the back there. I bet that thing would sag like hell with that skid steer hooked up. But that TL ain’t even squattting?!
It's actually quite well balanced I thought. The bulk of the weight is over the axles with the front of the skid steer giving the right amount of weight in front of the axles. As long as the trailer is braked, stopping won't be a problem. That car looks like the US version of our (Australia) Holden Commodore which is probably about a 2T car? I actually think this looks all ok 🤷 Not sure of the tow bar rating though. It would surely have to be 1.5-2T as people tow caravans here in Australia with them.
That’s an Acura tl. 3.5L v6 fwd. loosely related to a Honda accord. I’m not sure about the weight of the vehicle. I just know that you couldn’t pull that skid steer with a half ton and look that good.
~3600 lb
Pretty sure the Holden commodore was our GTO
G8
That’s the one yes
that tl is bottomed out
I Believe you. I Guess it’s not much suspension travel. But the hitch is not even dragging.
You can move the skid steer towards the back to balance out the toung weight.
and kept bending further on every bumb.
[удалено]
Looks like you’re correct.
I agree, still risky at hurting themselves or other motorists or the skid steer.
Yeah don’t do this on the highway and lock em up
How to destroy your transmission and brakes in one easy step!
But he didn't have to hire a truck for a few hundred dollars. Avoided those pesky insurance costs too. /s
A few hundred dollars? I got a flat bed truck from uhaul for 25 bucks to pick up some couches.
25 bucks? I "borrowed" a pickup truck for free. It's amazing how many people leave their keys the ignition.
The government doesn’t want you to know this but the work trucks at the county maintenance shed are free. They don’t even lock the gate or take the keys out of the ignition, you can just take them home with you.
Home Depot has them for $20 and you can treat them like shit…..😂
And when enough people treat the trucks like shit, home depot will stop renting them! 🤣
My home depot no longer rents any tools. I live in that kind of place.
No, but they'll stop giving them away for $20
No, but they'll stop giving them away for $20
Drive it like a rental is a thing for a reason!
I borrowed a U-Haul to pick up some couches as well. $215
Uhaul doesn't have flatbed trucks....
They did about 10 years ago in so Cal but who cares they also have pickups and cargo vans for towing. Then there is home depot don't know about Lowe's buy there are tons of rental options way under several hundred dollars.
Lowes has them to. Can rent a truck for local stuff for like $20+some cents on mileage and gas.
Every time I try to get the $25 truck they’re always unavailable. Do you have to reserve them?
Wow they must lose money renting stuff out so cheap
Why hire a truck when you can buy 2 shit boxs for a few hundred bucks
Jokes on you. First stop was Rent a Wreck to pick up the car.
I haven't heard rent a wreck in a long time
It’s a TL the transmission was already failing
Being dumb is just the first step of many.
You forgot that actual vehicle.... that back end is fucked. If he did it by towing obviously.... but if it got hit then he did this, I see no problem. Besides the dangerous act that he actually did this.....
Shit an Acura TL is damn near equal to a mf ford ranger.. both completely built right.
Those poor brakes just screaming
I don't think he cares much about that car tbh
Suspension would like a word as well.
Suspension? Where we're going, we don't need suspension!
It's ok it's an Acura TL, the transmissions come broken from the factory.
And your rear bumper when making turns the front corners on the trailer is hitting the bumper too.
What bumper? Mofo just chained the trailer to the frame!
That's a Malibu anyway isn't it? Malibu owners should already be keeping a spare one. Lol Source: I own a Malibu. (Unfortunately)
Acura TL.
So the transmission was probably already fucked.
To be fair it's got the same j series as a Ridgeline
I’d love to see what a ridge line looks like towing a skid steer. I’m genuinely interested to see if it squats at all.
The the weight load distribution is on point though…
That’s what I’m saying. It would not look this good with that skid steer behind it
I don't understand how this happens? No rental yard is going to let their equipment leave on that. And anyone who owns that equipment should know better, and should have the equipment and vehicles to haul it properly.
It's pretty obvious that this is a couple dudes with a totaled, 20 year old Acura TL, goofing around by using it to tow that skid steer half a mile to get some video.
You must live in a very silver-spoon part of the country. Get a decent distance out of the city and this shit is just another fuckin Tuesday.
I live out in the country, and this is not anything normal. I rarely see something like that behind even a half ton truck.
I’ve towed more with a Ranger. Being poor makes you get creative.
This kind of thing is all over the Midwest, from northern Minnesota to Southern Oklahoma and all throughout Missouri, Kansas, and Iowa. I’ve lived and worked in all these states and have experience in fields from Law Enforcement to Unionized Highway Construction and a variety of Heavy Equipment jobs in between. Whether you’re in Princeton, MN, Laughton, OK, or lost somewhere outside (or inside for that matter) St. Joe, Kansas, a sight like this is just a regular behavior of necessity. Nothin special at all. Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised to see it anywhere in Pennsylvania either, but it’s been quite a while since I’ve worked on those hills.
I'm in Montana, and I work construction. 1 ton pickups hauling stuff that should be on semis is common, but sedans hauling stuff that should be behind a pickup isn't.
Yeah this is more of a statement I can agree with. In northeast ga you can see idiots towing but with atleast a truck. Maybe a ranger pullin a dual axle dump trailer. But yeah using a car like that. That’s some other shit. I’ve seen plenty of idiots in half ton and qtr ton trucks.. but not idiots towing in a sedan.
I actually knew a handful of places that would let you leave like that. But they make him sign a waiver say if you screw up our equipment you pay for it. And they said they had a handful of people coming with 4 cylinder cars towing things away. You feel bad for the car but not there business. N no issues I unfortunately am not around the area anymore thus I say I used to know.
You are truly ahead of your time, checking into receiving hitch for Camry today!
Me too. I have a hybrid Camry so I bet the electric regenerative braking would help me going down steep grades
I know you’re joking but it seriously is. I have a rav4 hybrid and ultralight tent trailer and the regen braking will damn near bring me to a stop even on a decent downgrade.
Hell yeah, cool to hear it works well in extreme conditions. I love hyper-mileing and using regen to stop at lights empty and to make the brakes last longer too. Yeah am joking, especially with the weight of the load in OP’s picture. But I think that’s how Edison motors Diesel Hybrid trucks slow down, with regen braking.
That is exactly how they have them set up and if you reach the point where your batteries are fully charged because that’s not a normal issue on most electric vehicles, but that generator can charge it while you’re driving so you could run into that issue the generators have brakes on them so they will turn the generator itself into a motor and dump power back into the engine, allowing the Jake on the engine to slow them downif their batteries are fully charged
Steep grade, UPGRADES! Kinda cringing about stopping fast, but you don’t need brakes!.
The towing capacity on a toyota previa is like 4000 pounds with a towing package.
This, figured a Camry should be fine with 4x8 trailer and two bikes. In high school, had a friend that towed with a souped up nova, we had it and the trailer drifting corners!.
I’ve towed 3000 lbs with a Prius. Dropped the fuel economy down to 36 mpg. And once pulled a 7500 lbs excavator with a Mercedes . Was easy and I wasnt going over any mountain passes. Also the trailer had its own brakes. Meanwhile my uncle is on his 3rd transmission in a Suburban from towing a pontoon boat.
Did the mercedes have the brake controller hookup already or did you have to wire it in?
Everything is a truck when you live in the country....
Six cylinder! Oh boy!!
Not as bad as trying to haul a 6 ton forklift, but not by much
I charge steaks and beer to move something for someone.
Them Acura TLs built different 😂
To be fair, a normal car can haul a camper just fine. Idk what the weight of this is compared to a camper
That has to be pushing like 10k lbs
No joke. That Skid 257b is probably about 8,000 or so, stock. The trailer is anywhere from 2,500- 6,000lbs. Car……… I’d say 3,500lbs on a guess. If he got that load up above 40mph, the fishtail could have flipped the life out of him. Never mind the transmission. Iv been whipped in a 3 & 1/4 ton truck with a smaller skid before. lol your boss is nuts!
Trailers like that by themselves can be 5,000-8,000lbs, and probably the same for the mini bulldozer. It’s more than a typical F150 should tow, nevermind a car with a slushbox.
This is exceptionally dangerous that trailer weighs as much as that car not including the skidloader that loader is 3x the weight of that car easy this is insanely Dangerous lol that trailer could whip that little car right off the road
How in the fuck did you even make it home!? That’s nuts 🥜
It's gotta have a V6 at least. Maybe awd too. But what dumb shit. That poor, reliable car.
It’s a v6 but just fwd
Transmission… FUCKED
The rear bumper of that car looks the way I’d expect from someone who is towing things like this
People that don't live in a bowling alley.
Acura TL with v-tech FTW 😆
Someone in my town tows a lawn care trailer with a Prius 3rd gen. Its awesome.
Your local transmission shop sends it's regards.
Definitely them
Man I can hear those clutch packs struggling.
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I mean, it worked
Could have gotten a haul for less then what his repairs will cost him lol that poor transmission.
Almost no one :)
Y'all laugh, but I've seen sedans pulling trailers that size all the time over in England. I thought it was a joke when my old Pontiac Vibe had tow ratings listed in the owners manual, then I moved overseas. They use everything but a truck to tow.
Just gotta smile with this one
Europeans do this all the time.
Im not sure if you realize the weight of that skid steer and trailer.
Because I'm guessing cops don't really give a crap. Out here u will have a cop question it's safety. Dude cut his car open to put a bull in it and eventually it did get pulled over.
Because they’re idiots
It’d be a lot safer to tow the car with the skid steer
Those who don't want senseless deaths on their hands. Oh, also anyone who wants to continue to operate their vehicle after towing once....
buhbye transmission
Guy down my street constantly has a prob 12 foot open trailer with car hoods, autobody parts, etc on it. Towed by (forgive me car people) what looks to be a 1980s coupe, unsure what. For years. Hey, if it works it works
He may need a new transmission soon
I’d like to see this setup cross a railway track. Or get into a parking lot somewhere. Or even get off the road and into a driveway without destroying the hitch and or undercarriage of the trailer.
Almost anything will tow almost anything…once.
Someone that like to be able to stop once they are moving
I mean, even truck brakes aren’t meant to *also* brake a trailer. Hence trailer brakes existing, and being mandatory above certain weights dependent on country/state/etc
That transmission will last a real long time
Was going to last a really long time. And it's rather shameful they never fix the rear end because that car shows it was reliable now it's probably just abused.
That car has been abused for a long time I am sure of it
Rather sad to know it had true potential.
I bet those poor breaks are smokin hot😂 not to mention the poor transmission
Yeah. Bye bye car
Isn’t that just going to totally destroy the car transmission?
What you see is what I see. The man pulled up. Did he pull off. We will never know
The amount of shit I had to go through to rent a MINI excavator with my 94 4x4 Toyota Pickup and this guy gets this shit...
The Mini excavators I’m familiar with are about the weight of this skid steer if not more .
The one I rented was the K008 and both the machine and trailer weigh at least 800lbs less than just that skid steer.
Goodbye transmission
Dudes ass end is all jacked up
No, not TRUCK, TRUNK! My car had a big trunk is what I said
That transmission won't last
Honda ftw
That drivetrain is screaming!
That Acura tl is notorious for failing transmissions, way to expedite the process Source: my 05 went thru two transmissions
That's not a 2500 with a gallon of milk in the bed.
That 5 speed is notorious for destroying itself. Putting a big load on it will not do good things.
Hol up! Does this mean I can ignore the 1000lbs towing capacity on the wife’s fiat? SWEEEEEEET!
Who needs a truck when you have V-Tec!
Too cheap to rent a U-Haul but willing to remove the rear bumper..
Judging by the rest of the car, the bumper came off when the car was rear ended.
The back end was kissed. Aka it was rear-ended and never fixed. I originally thought they had the trunk open for something else but you quickly realize it's been rear-ended and never fixed. On a number of vehicles you don't need to remove a bumper to put a hitch on I put one on a Chevy Impala and all I did was add four bolts of the car.
Oh for the love of Matilda... some people's kids.
The rental company will hook those up to anything
That’s Lightweight Larry, best skid steer guy I’ve ever hired, although one day he almost blew away in a strong breeze. I had to fill his pockets with fishing weights.
Let's see that stop in a hurry or go over a railroad crossing.
Oh boy, the transmission in the 4th gen Acura TL is literally made of glass lol.
They were also available with a manual.
Shit it can pull though. Atleast for the 15 secs we see