How much is a Mustang rated to pull?

[Groover]

My daughter took this picture a few days ago near Little Rock.

[Groover]

Hammerhead wrote:
Or mess up someone else's life who happens to be on the same road.

jfkmk wrote:

Groover wrote:

jfkmk wrote:
I think I’d be more concerned with your daughter tooling down the highway at 70 mph taking pictures.

I have spoken with her a few times about that. She does have a pretty clean driving record so far but it just takes one "OH ****" moment to mess up your whole life.

Either her life or someone else’s. At over 100 ft per second, it doesn’t take much distraction time to change your life!

I don't disagree but there are a lot of people out there driving a lot faster than 70 and with a lot worse driving records than she has.

[Hammerhead]

Or mess up someone else's life who happens to be on the same road.

jfkmk wrote:

Groover wrote:

jfkmk wrote:
I think I’d be more concerned with your daughter tooling down the highway at 70 mph taking pictures.

I have spoken with her a few times about that. She does have a pretty clean driving record so far but it just takes one "OH ****" moment to mess up your whole life.

Either her life or someone else’s. At over 100 ft per second, it doesn’t take much distraction time to change your life!

[Grit_dog]

blt2ski wrote:
Manufactures gcwr is not a legal issue per an LEO requirement in this case. What will get these rigs in trouble, is the 2-3 towed rigs, along with more than likely, no working brakes on the towed rigs. These issues are tickets that go on driving record, red tag so one needs to stop moving, get brakes working on towed rigs, etc etc.
Weight limits only protect the engineer designed load limits of the road design. This setup is legal from that perspective...being over weight is not a moving violation, so it would not go on driving or insurance record. The no brakes etc, is a moving violation, so bad news from your insurance standpoint.
Marty

Except the real cops don't give a hoot about the Mexican trains. If they did, they could clean up on them and there wouldn't be any on the road. However drive S to N in NM or AZ and you'll pass many of them. All the time.

[Jebby14]

and here ive always told people on here choosing a tow vehicle was all about payload with the smaller vehicles. Guess I should have been more specific.

[blt2ski]

Manufactures gcwr is not a legal issue per an LEO requirement in this case. What will get these rigs in trouble, is the 2-3 towed rigs, along with more than likely, no working brakes on the towed rigs. These issues are tickets that go on driving record, red tag so one needs to stop moving, get brakes working on towed rigs, etc etc.
Weight limits only protect the engineer designed load limits of the road design. This setup is legal from that perspective...being over weight is not a moving violation, so it would not go on driving or insurance record. The no brakes etc, is a moving violation, so bad news from your insurance standpoint.
Marty

[Fordlover]

gbopp wrote:
They all appear to have some body damage. When they get to Mexico are they repaired or sold/driven as is?

They aren't exactly always damaged. They remove the bumper covers so they can install the universal tow bar to the bumper brackets. The bumpers they remove are inside the car.

Also, when I see these, they usually have two or three "trains" going down the road. Though I'm used to seeing trucks/vans more than cars.

[Super_Dave]

Our daughter had her car stolen and it was a couple months before it was found. The insurance company said that we could buy it back for $170. That’s cheap transportation.

[FireGuard]

Lwiddis wrote:
NOT seen in California at all. Car transport trucks headed south, yes. All the time.

See it all the time in California, but older Toyota trucks are the desired “train”

[jfkmk]

Groover wrote:

jfkmk wrote:
I think I’d be more concerned with your daughter tooling down the highway at 70 mph taking pictures.

I have spoken with her a few times about that. She does have a pretty clean driving record so far but it just takes one "OH ****" moment to mess up your whole life.

Either her life or someone else’s. At over 100 ft per second, it doesn’t take much distraction time to change your life!

[Groover]

jfkmk wrote:
I think I’d be more concerned with your daughter tooling down the highway at 70 mph taking pictures.

I have spoken with her a few times about that. She does have a pretty clean driving record so far but it just takes one "OH ****" moment to mess up your whole life.

[dodge_guy]

jfkmk wrote:
I think I’d be more concerned with your daughter tooling down the highway at 70 mph taking pictures.

Some people can walk and chew gum at the same time, others can’t!

[romore]

And I thought I had seen pretty much everything.

[jfkmk]

I think I’d be more concerned with your daughter tooling down the highway at 70 mph taking pictures.

[DownTheAvenue]

Mexican road train. They don't have body damage but the fender covers have been removed to attach tow bars. They leave the engines running with the car in neutral to save the automatic transmission from damage on cars where removing the drive shaft(s) is difficult (especially front wheel drive vehicles). Sometimes, the last car will have someone sitting in the drivers seat to apply brakes. Usually, these Mexican road trains travel at night to avoid law enforcement.