Secure your loads!

[JulesMaximus]

So, I'm driving to work this morning and I see shit flying out of the bed of a fullsize Chevy truck. He had a bunch of base molding strapped together and then tied down to his truck but the fact that it was press board shit molding and that he had a good portion of it sticking up above the top of his cab insured that wind ripped half of it apart and big chunks of it were flying down the freeway which I had to avoid.

I wonder what this fuckwad told his clients when he didn't have enough molding to finish the job.

Thankfully I wasn't riding my motorcycle. :|

 

[MotF Bane]

Secure your loads! Don't masturbate.

To be honest, that doesn't sound so much like a "secure your load" issue as a "don't buy piece of shit supplies that deteriorate". Press board molding? What the fuck.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: MotF Bane
Secure your loads! Don't masturbate.

To be honest, that doesn't sound so much like a "secure your load" issue as a "don't buy piece of shit supplies that deteriorate". Press board molding? What the fuck.

Well, when his shit is flying out the back of his truck at 70mph on the freeway and I'm trying to avoid it...it becomes a secure your shit load issue.

 

[Nohr]

I once saw a mattress fly out of the back of a truck and land on I5. The Mustang behind him couldn't avoid it in time and ran right over the thing.

 

[Kromis]

I JIZZED IN MY PANTS!

 

[helpme]

Originally posted by: Nohr
I once saw a mattress fly out of the back of a truck and land on I5. The Mustang behind him couldn't avoid it in time and ran right over the thing.

Never run over a mattress

http://repairpal.com/images/ma...es/runovermattress.jpg

 

[Nohr]

Originally posted by: helpme

Originally posted by: Nohr
I once saw a mattress fly out of the back of a truck and land on I5. The Mustang behind him couldn't avoid it in time and ran right over the thing.

Never run over a mattress

http://repairpal.com/images/ma...es/runovermattress.jpg

Well there's your problem!

 

[DVad3r]

Umm, you don't how to properly handle these situations Jules.

You should of bought this vehicle: http://conquestvehicles.com/ accelerated behind, ram him with your tank car, run him the fuck over while eating your dunkin donut, and continue on your way.

 

[exdeath]

Not that it's not a legitimate complaint, but I have to wonder if you'd be less angry about it if it wasn't a "full size Chevy truck"

 

[StageLeft]

People are stupid. I see sh*t fly off vehicles sometimes and it's a major safety hazard, particularly for a person on a motorbike. People have no sense of physics or air. It's unreal how pathetically some will attach something, so I've often seen pieces of furniture broken on the side of the road with the owner pulled over ahead looking like he just got the shocker as his armoir is shattered on the road because he strapped it down with a piece of duct tape and half its weight hanging out the back of his pickup.

Hint: If it's in your vehicle when it's not moving that's no gaurantee it will stay there when it is. Get a brain, fvckers!

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
People are stupid. I see sh*t fly off vehicles sometimes and it's a major safety hazard, particularly for a person on a motorbike. People have no sense of physics or air. It's unreal how pathetically some will attach something, so I've often seen pieces of furniture broken on the side of the road with the owner pulled over ahead looking like he just got the shocker as his armoir is shattered on the road because he strapped it down with a piece of duct tape and half its weight hanging out the back of his pickup.

Hint: If it's in your vehicle when it's not moving that's no gaurantee it will stay there when it is. Get a brain, fvckers!

Other things I've witnessed flying out of the back of trucks over the years:

Mattresses (I was able to avoid it but the guy behind me wasn't so lucky and it got wedged under his car)
Furniture (I saw a recliner blow out of the back of a truck recently)
Ladders
A Camper Shell (this idiot didn't have it attached to his truck and it went airborn before it crashed down in the middle of the freeway)
Pails

 

[drum]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Skoorb
People are stupid. I see sh*t fly off vehicles sometimes and it's a major safety hazard, particularly for a person on a motorbike. People have no sense of physics or air. It's unreal how pathetically some will attach something, so I've often seen pieces of furniture broken on the side of the road with the owner pulled over ahead looking like he just got the shocker as his armoir is shattered on the road because he strapped it down with a piece of duct tape and half its weight hanging out the back of his pickup.

Hint: If it's in your vehicle when it's not moving that's no gaurantee it will stay there when it is. Get a brain, fvckers!

Other things I've witnessed flying out of the back of trucks over the years:

Mattresses (I was able to avoid it but the guy behind me wasn't so lucky and it got wedged under his car)
Furniture (I saw a recliner blow out of the back of a truck recently)
Ladders
A Camper Shell (this idiot didn't have it attached to his truck and it went airborn before it crashed down in the middle of the freeway)
Pails

that must have been a sight

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: drum

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Other things I've witnessed flying out of the back of trucks over the years:

Mattresses (I was able to avoid it but the guy behind me wasn't so lucky and it got wedged under his car)
Furniture (I saw a recliner blow out of the back of a truck recently)
Ladders
A Camper Shell (this idiot didn't have it attached to his truck and it went airborn before it crashed down in the middle of the freeway)
Pails

that must have been a sight

I've seen a properly secured hard toneau cover take off once. A truck was stopped at the side of the freeway, and there was a storm coming through with 40+MPH gusts. One came up sideways, I saw the back end pop up on it's own, and then proceed to go sailing over a fence that was 30 feet away and land in a field. They just weren't made to take wind from THAT direction.

Btw, those ratcheting straps that cost about $15 at anywhere you can find anything? Totally worth it for keeping stuff in the truck

 

[drnickriviera]

Originally posted by: MotF Bane
Secure your loads! Don't masturbate.

To be honest, that doesn't sound so much like a "secure your load" issue as a "don't buy piece of shit supplies that deteriorate". Press board molding? What the fuck.

You've never used MDF moulding? It's pretty popular. You don't have to worry about twisted or warped wood.

 

[MotF Bane]

Originally posted by: drnickriviera

Originally posted by: MotF Bane
Secure your loads! Don't masturbate.

To be honest, that doesn't sound so much like a "secure your load" issue as a "don't buy piece of shit supplies that deteriorate". Press board molding? What the fuck.

You've never used MDF moulding? It's pretty popular. You don't have to worry about twisted or warped wood.

Nope, never even seen it in a store. How can that work? MDF doesn't take well to staining.

 

[Jensenfc]

Originally posted by: MotF Bane
Nope, never even seen it in a store. How can that work? MDF doesn't take well to staining.

The only MDF trim I have seen as HD/Lowes has been pre-primmed and is meant to be painted. I hate going through 20 pieces of "select Pine" trim to find one that isn't a hockey stick or has 10 knots in it.

Getting back on track here I saw a fairly decent recliner on the side of the interstate. It was almost worth stopping for :laugh: