Show/Tell us what you are haulin'

[fins2theright]

Loooordy! Neil Diamond would be proud! Lol, very funny pic. My friend has an Element. I am forwarding this pic to her if you don't mind.

[NJRidge]

This is all I tow.

[kahnartist]

Yesterday, my sister-in-law got her Ford Sporttrac stuck in the mid at my father-in-laws house.
It had been raining cats and dogs in Marin County, CA, and she pulled up to the rear fence with the truck loaded with cinderblocks.
After the load was removed, the trucks rear wheels (non 4WD) got stuck in the wet lawn/mud. The weight of the loaded truck sunk it into the mud..

It didn't help she needed new tires all around, and had very little tread. We tried putting wood and pieces of broken brick down for a toe-hold and wiggling the truck back and forth; to no avail. The Ford wasn't moving.

I used my Husbands Ridgeline to tow her out--and let me tell you all-there was NO STRAIN on the engine!

Husband tied mountaineering rope to front of Sporttrac tow area. Tied rope to back of Ridgeline (could not see where he tied the rope). Moved forward to put strain on the rope (and to stretch it out).

She had the truck in Drive and hubby gave us both the signal to accelerate.
I was afraid the Ridge would strain, downshift and 'grunt' at pulling out the other truck.
The Ridgeline was just beautiful! No straining, shifting gears, etc.
The Sporttrac was pulled right out of the mud easily--I was amazed!

[Stone]

This kart will probably be riding in the bed soon so we can take the big kart out on the trailer.


Bigger kart...now with V-Twin power

[mayfielh]

Today I hauled probably the weirdest load yet.

A full size folding Ping Pong table, upright . I had put this unit together several years ago but just didn't have room for it. So we sold it this weekend to a friend. So up into the bed it went, DOH, 63" long. We angled it no problem, tailgate up. 6 straps later we thought it was stable until the 1st corner I went around. So we adjusted the straps again for the rest of the 35 mile trip.

Needless to say we made it to our destination unscathed even made it up to 50 mph once. Thank goodness that's over.

Oh yeah I forgot to take a picture until I was 1/2 way there, sorry was turning around to get the camera.

[Boogity]

How does this look, It is called the Base Camp and you can haul a bike or quad in it. I talked to a dealer last week he told me they are 50 grand cdn ??? The airsteam site says they are 20 us. Does anyone in canada know the real price.

[BKLYNBOY11]

To date: Couch and love seat, light load
Dining table and eight chairs, light load again
Half a cord of wood, nice size load, could feel it a little
Half cord of wet wood, quite the load, could definitely tell it was there going uphill!!

[007Ridgeline]

I myself have not towed anything all that big yet... just the average DIY projects. The biggest was a friend's average size ski boat. (I only towed it from the campsite to the ramp though, so not far, but it did really well.)

I guess when I started reading this Thread; I was hoping to read about people that have hauled boats/trailers. Are there anymore stories about hauling boats and trailers? I am very interested to know what larger items you all are hauling...

Thanks fellow ROCers!

[AmazonRidge]

Last October I hauled 150 bails of straw on a very sturdy (and heavy) tri-axle trailer. Each bail was probably 20-30 pounds. I only travelled a few miles at 20 mph (didn't tie any of it down), so it wasn't a true test. I did, however, have NO problem going up the 100 feet loose gravel driveway, including a nice-sized incline towards the beginning.

I did tow a small (1000 pound?) camper 2.5 hours last summer with no problems.

This summer we hope to tow the blue VW Thing (pictured above) 8 hours to Silver Lake Sand Dunes in Michigan.

[zero]

I hauled 7 boxes of engineered bamboo flooring from Orlando back to Melbourne. The boxes were about 76 inches long so I had to have them rest on top of the closed tailgate. I used some ratcheting tie-downs in the front and the rear to secure the boxes as best as I could.

Forgot to get pics. I have no excuse.