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I saw a guy with a Ford Ranger pickup today, that had lost part, or
all of his load. He had apparently made a type of rack in the bed, to
move the load above the wheel wells. Well enough, but apparently the
load was only supported about halfway, rather than most of it's length.
I'm not sure what he was carrying, but it was wrapped in paper, and
laying in the highway behind his truck, looked like 4X4' paneling.
Looked like he'd taken off a bit fast at the light, and the load
over-balanced on his too short rack, and then slid out. I would think
that if he'd made the rack at least as long as the bed, he wouldn't have
had any problem, but it looked like it ended just behind the wheel wells
- I wasn't in a position to take a real close look.
JOAT
Success is getting what you want.
Happiness is wanting what you get.
- =A0Dale Carnegie
Too bad the link doesn't work.....
"J T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Workshop/OL.htm
I saw a guy with a Ford Ranger pickup today, that had lost part, or
all of his load. He had apparently made a type of rack in the bed, to
move the load above the wheel wells. Well enough, but apparently the
load was only supported about halfway, rather than most of it's length.
I'm not sure what he was carrying, but it was wrapped in paper, and
laying in the highway behind his truck, looked like 4X4' paneling.
Looked like he'd taken off a bit fast at the light, and the load
over-balanced on his too short rack, and then slid out. I would think
that if he'd made the rack at least as long as the bed, he wouldn't have
had any problem, but it looked like it ended just behind the wheel wells
- I wasn't in a position to take a real close look.
JOAT
Success is getting what you want.
Happiness is wanting what you get.
- Dale Carnegie
Mon, Jan 10, 2005, 9:35pm (EST-1) [email protected]
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Too bad the link doesn't work.....
I just viewed it.
JOAT
Success is getting what you want.
Happiness is wanting what you get.
- =A0Dale Carnegie
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"J T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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I saw a guy with a Ford Ranger pickup today, that had lost part, or
all of his load. He had apparently made a type of rack in the bed, to
move the load above the wheel wells. Well enough, but apparently the
load was only supported about halfway, rather than most of it's length.
I'm not sure what he was carrying, but it was wrapped in paper, and
laying in the highway behind his truck, looked like 4X4' paneling.
Looked like he'd taken off a bit fast at the light, and the load
over-balanced on his too short rack, and then slid out. I would think
that if he'd made the rack at least as long as the bed, he wouldn't have
had any problem, but it looked like it ended just behind the wheel wells
- I wasn't in a position to take a real close look.
JOAT
Success is getting what you want.
Happiness is wanting what you get.
- Dale Carnegie
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Scott Lurndal) wrote:
> [email protected] (J T) writes:
> >http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Workshop/OL.htm
> >
> > I saw a guy with a Ford Ranger pickup today, that had lost part, or
> >all of his load. He had apparently made a type of rack in the bed, to
> >move the load above the wheel wells. Well enough, but apparently the
> >load was only supported about halfway, rather than most of it's length.
> >I'm not sure what he was carrying, but it was wrapped in paper, and
> >laying in the highway behind his truck, looked like 4X4' paneling.
> >Looked like he'd taken off a bit fast at the light, and the load
> >over-balanced on his too short rack, and then slid out. I would think
> >that if he'd made the rack at least as long as the bed, he wouldn't have
> >had any problem, but it looked like it ended just behind the wheel wells
> >- I wasn't in a position to take a real close look.
> >
>
> The Pendaliner for the Ranger has two depressions molded into
> the sides to hold tubafours. Right where you describe the rack
> ending (immediately after the wheels, and another near the front
> of the bedliner).
>
> Sounds like what he was doing.
>
> scott
I have a Ranger and made that exact mistake. I set 2 x 4s in the small
recesses on each side of the wheel wells and stacked several sheets of
plywood and wallboard on top, not giving a thought to stability.
Sure enough, when I took off from a green light, the entire load landed
on the street behind my truck. Quite embarrassing. What happened
afterward was quite a lesson in human nature.
The asshole in the brand new Escalade behind me thought it would be
helpful to sit and lean on his horn and shout obscenities out the window
while we attempted to clean up the mess. My 6 foot 4, 260 lb step son
convinced him otherwise.
Two young guys in a ratty old Toyota on their way to the local muni golf
course pulled over to help us. I bought them a six pack each at the
next gas station to help with their game.
--
-JR
Hung like Einstein and smart as a horse
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Wed, Jan 12, 2005, 7:17am [email protected] (JR-jred) says:
<snip> The asshole in the brand new Escalade behind me thought it would
be helpful to sit and lean on his horn and shout obscenities out the
window while we attempted to clean up the mess. <snip>
You obviously aren't from around here then. The guy behind the
Ranger was in a work truck, and got out and was helping him re-load.
Course he might just have been doing it so he could go on his own
way, but, point is, he was helping - that's always good karma.
Thankfully it wasn't me behind him. With my back, all I'd have
been able to do would be sit in my truck, or cripple myself. Either way
I'd have felt bad.
JOAT
Success is getting what you want.
Happiness is wanting what you get.
- =A0Dale Carnegie
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:30:08 -0500, [email protected] (J T)
wrote:
>Wed, Jan 12, 2005, 7:17am [email protected] (JR-jred) says:
><snip> The asshole in the brand new Escalade behind me thought it would
>be helpful to sit and lean on his horn and shout obscenities out the
>window while we attempted to clean up the mess. <snip>
>
> You obviously aren't from around here then. The guy behind the
>Ranger was in a work truck, and got out and was helping him re-load.
>
> Course he might just have been doing it so he could go on his own
>way, but, point is, he was helping - that's always good karma.
>
> Thankfully it wasn't me behind him. With my back, all I'd have
>been able to do would be sit in my truck, or cripple myself. Either way
>I'd have felt bad.
>
>
>
>JOAT
>Success is getting what you want.
>Happiness is wanting what you get.
>- Dale Carnegie
nah.. you could have played traffic cop and directed traffic around
the "spill site"...
mac
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Wed, Jan 12, 2005, 9:01am (EST-3) [email protected]
(mac=A0davis) says:
nah.. you could have played traffic cop and directed traffic around the
"spill site"...
Not really. After a few seconds of standing in one spot, my back
starts killing me, and I've got to sit down, to ease the pain. Best I
could have done would be put my hazard lights on. Hell, it wasn't too
many years ago I'd have been able to help load his truck again. The
spirit is still willing, but the joints are shot.
JOAT
Success is getting what you want.
Happiness is wanting what you get.
- =A0Dale Carnegie
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:05:27 -0800, Tim Douglass <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 07:17:01 -0500, JR-jred <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>The asshole in the brand new Escalade behind me thought it would be
>>helpful to sit and lean on his horn and shout obscenities out the window
>>while we attempted to clean up the mess. My 6 foot 4, 260 lb step son
>>convinced him otherwise.
>
> Ya gotta love folks like that. A couple years ago I spun out on an icy
> road. As I was making lazy 360s at about 45 mph the guy behind me was
> honking at me - I guess he just wanted to bring to my attention the
> fact that I was skidding. He also didn't stop and see how we were when
> I hit the gravel at the shoulder and flipped the rig - so he gets
> double A-hole points.
A few years ago, we were working the patients at a pretty severe
trauma car crash, on a main state highway. Traffic was backed
up and diverted, south a whole mile, to the next big-ish road.
Dumbass with a towtruck blows past the guys directing traffic,
and got as far as where I was before we stopped him. I explained
that, sorry, but at the moment there are a couple of people in
the cars up ahead who are working really hard to not die today,
and that his inconvenience wasn't particularly (a) severe,
(b) relevant, or (c) going to make any difference to us. He
decided to go through, past the extrication site, over the
hydraulic hoses for the jaws of life, and on to his destination.
Pity that the sheriff is also a member of the fire department...
[email protected] (J T) writes:
>http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Workshop/OL.htm
>
> I saw a guy with a Ford Ranger pickup today, that had lost part, or
>all of his load. He had apparently made a type of rack in the bed, to
>move the load above the wheel wells. Well enough, but apparently the
>load was only supported about halfway, rather than most of it's length.
>I'm not sure what he was carrying, but it was wrapped in paper, and
>laying in the highway behind his truck, looked like 4X4' paneling.
>Looked like he'd taken off a bit fast at the light, and the load
>over-balanced on his too short rack, and then slid out. I would think
>that if he'd made the rack at least as long as the bed, he wouldn't have
>had any problem, but it looked like it ended just behind the wheel wells
>- I wasn't in a position to take a real close look.
>
The Pendaliner for the Ranger has two depressions molded into
the sides to hold tubafours. Right where you describe the rack
ending (immediately after the wheels, and another near the front
of the bedliner).
Sounds like what he was doing.
scott
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 07:17:01 -0500, JR-jred <[email protected]>
wrote:
>The asshole in the brand new Escalade behind me thought it would be
>helpful to sit and lean on his horn and shout obscenities out the window
>while we attempted to clean up the mess. My 6 foot 4, 260 lb step son
>convinced him otherwise.
Ya gotta love folks like that. A couple years ago I spun out on an icy
road. As I was making lazy 360s at about 45 mph the guy behind me was
honking at me - I guess he just wanted to bring to my attention the
fact that I was skidding. He also didn't stop and see how we were when
I hit the gravel at the shoulder and flipped the rig - so he gets
double A-hole points.
Tim Douglass
http://www.DouglassClan.com