ED1RTY 2 Report post Posted August 13, 2009 This picture is real - not doctored in any way - and was taken by a Transportation Supervisor for a company that delivers building materials for 84 Lumber. When he saw it in the parking lot of IHOP, he went to buy a camera to take pictures. The engine is still running, as can be witnessed by the exhaust. The driver finally came back after the police were called, and was found crouched behind the rear of the car, attempting to cut the twine around the load! Luckily, the Police stopped him and had the load removed. The materials were loaded at Home Depot. Their store manager said they made the customer sign a waiver. While the plywood and 2X4's are fairly obvious, what you can't see is the back seat, which contains --are you ready for this? -- 10 bags of concrete @ 80 lbs. Each. They estimated the load weight at 3000 lbs. Both back tires exploded, the wheels bent, and the back shocks were driven through the floorboard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickSilver 0 Report post Posted August 13, 2009 Whoa whoa whoa! Thats hilarious. Talk about DIY! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westy 614 Report post Posted August 13, 2009 Lol, I've loaded some weird sh*t onto the ute but nothing like that! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 35 Report post Posted August 13, 2009 That guy has obviously spent time in India. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CamB 48 Report post Posted August 13, 2009 (edited) You guys are all obviously way to young. That is one of the oldest pictures in the internet and the beginnings of a massive photoshop thread of lumber being put in strange places on vwvortex from probably nearly 10 years ago. (edit) It's actually so old I can't find archives of the original pictures / thread etc! It was in 2001. Edited August 13, 2009 by CamB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HaNs 226 Report post Posted August 13, 2009 Another win for the internet Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E30 325i Rag-Top 2959 Report post Posted August 13, 2009 The factory where I used to work in England has it's own weigh-bridge and was right by the motorway, so the police often used to use it when they pulled over vehicles which were clearly above their safe loading. Some of the sights we saw were amazing... Lots of it was guys going over to France to load their vans with cheap booze... load a van to the roof (and beyond) with beer and it gets a bit heavy! As the police would make them unload the stuff they often had to get rid of it there and then so we would often buy a few crates dirt cheap. One guy even slept on a huge pile of beer while his mate took the van up north to unload and then come back for him the next day - hilarious Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allan 295 Report post Posted August 14, 2009 Saturday morning's used to be funny all the D I Y ers would load up their trailers with builder mix/ cement bags ready for the big concrete pour. The number of trailers that ended up with bent axles or even worse was crazy people just had no idea how heavy things can get. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmw_guy 0 Report post Posted August 14, 2009 It looks totally fake though? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fuzyfrog 0 Report post Posted August 14, 2009 Because it is fake.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
danbullock 15 Report post Posted August 15, 2009 Its true, this did happen.... Link Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AN E30 Fan 1 Report post Posted August 15, 2009 what an idiot. Its still quite funny though. Some people have no idea Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nobimmer 694 Report post Posted August 16, 2009 I have watched a guy load 24 sheets of trellis onto the roof of his terrano. He came back and bought some ratchet tiedowns and tied them onto the hand grab rails on the roof. He was awesome. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allan 295 Report post Posted August 16, 2009 A similar thing hay bales, standard squares though four of them tied to the roof rake of a Caldina station wagon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
