What is wrong with this picture?

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What is wrong with this picture?

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Re: What is wrong with this picture?

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A - no safety pin inserted through hitch lever
B - Is it possible that slide-in hitch is not far enough inserted and thru-pin is holding nothing?
C - Safety wire, meant to activate brake, is carrying entire emergency load
C2 - no brake on trailer
D - Skinflinty, dangerous comboobulation of clasps, chain and cross connects
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Re: What is wrong with this picture?

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Sorry, scratch B, as it appears the slide-in part is in far enough

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Re: What is wrong with this picture?

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What’s wrong is that you can clearly see a Montana license plate, which makes me wonder if a certain sailboat captain, who is smarter than most sailboat captains by virtue of owning a Mac, belongs to that mess in the picture. :|

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Tomfoolery wrote: Sun Sep 20, 2020 11:35 am What’s wrong is that you can clearly see a Montana license plate, which makes me wonder if a certain sailboat captain, who is smarter than most sailboat captains by virtue of owning a Mac, belongs to that mess in the picture. :|

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We have our fair share of rednecks. This was not a sailboat. Most sailboat owners know better. But it was an idiot who doesn't understand trailering when I snapped that photo. It shocked me. So many have no clue how to connect a trailer.
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Re: What is wrong with this picture?

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Don't ask me about boat owners in my marina and how they tie their boats up on cleats. "wrap it around the cleat many times". *sigh*
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Re: What is wrong with this picture?

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Russ wrote: Sun Sep 20, 2020 7:43 pm
Tomfoolery wrote: Sun Sep 20, 2020 11:35 am What’s wrong is that you can clearly see a Montana license plate, which makes me wonder if a certain sailboat captain, who is smarter than most sailboat captains by virtue of owning a Mac, belongs to that mess in the picture. :|

:wink:
We have our fair share of rednecks. This was not a sailboat. Most sailboat owners know better. But it was an idiot who doesn't understand trailering when I snapped that photo. It shocked me. So many have no clue how to connect a trailer.
Russ, I think Tomfoolery was wondering if that was your truck and trailer... Maybe turning your crank a tad. :D
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Re: What is wrong with this picture?

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Jimmyt wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 2:32 pm
Russ wrote: Sun Sep 20, 2020 7:43 pm
Tomfoolery wrote: Sun Sep 20, 2020 11:35 am What’s wrong is that you can clearly see a Montana license plate, which makes me wonder if a certain sailboat captain, who is smarter than most sailboat captains by virtue of owning a Mac, belongs to that mess in the picture. :|

:wink:
We have our fair share of rednecks. This was not a sailboat. Most sailboat owners know better. But it was an idiot who doesn't understand trailering when I snapped that photo. It shocked me. So many have no clue how to connect a trailer.
Russ, I think Tomfoolery was wondering if that was your truck and trailer... Maybe turning your crank a tad. :D
Just a tad. :wink: :D
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