duck tape use #1001

jon f mn · May 10, 2015

I got this pic from another site, but thought it was worth sharing.

Rich Iowa · May 10, 2015

Is the duct tape acting as reinforcement for the straps, or is it the other way around? Either way it looks perfectly safe and legal...

Steve A W · May 10, 2015

YIKES!!!!
Was Red Green driving?

1970-1655 · May 10, 2015

New Mexico plates. Likely just "picked it up" and heading for the border.

rrlund · May 10, 2015

You could stick pudding to air with that stuff.

504 · May 10, 2015

The tape I understand it is holding the extra length of strap, the thing that bothers me is it, kinda looks like the straps are holding the trailer tongue together.

GordoSD · May 10, 2015

I think the trailer hitch was too small for the ball on the truck so they "perched" the tongue on the bumper and taped it down.

keh · May 10, 2015

Looks like it may be a case of using the tape to hold the latch in place on the ball hitch, acting as a safety catch.

No safety chains either. Note that it's a tiltbed trailer also.

KEH

john *.?-!.* cub owner · May 10, 2015

I think we are seeing one of the folding frame trailers that companies like harbor freight sells and come with a 1 7/8 hitch, and all that tape, straps, etc. are holding the latch closed, plus holding the straps in place. Hitch seems to be at an odd angle though, as if bent or what ever.

Bob Harvey · May 10, 2015

You have TOTALLY 'nailed it', still giggling. Sent off over 2000 'forwards' (well maybe 6). ;^)

Traditional Farmer · May 10, 2015

That's the reason they invented DOT

ObsoElitist · May 10, 2015

I grabbed one of those trailers at a scrapyard, should have left it there. Every fastener not missing was stripped. The frame pivot and brackets were too poorly made and fatigued to risk highway use. I gave it to a friend who will only use behind a quad on his property

Mark - IN. · May 10, 2015

My favorite use of duct tape was back in 1979 or 1980 when it was known as 260 MPH
tape. It got that name when Raymond Beadle used it to increase the size of the rear
spoiler on his Blue Max top fuel Mustang flopper. He needed to increase the pressure on the rear slicks for his next round, so literally duct taped a couple of inches of
thick rubber along the top of his rear spoiler from side to side. He tore off a 260
MPH run, setting a record. Ran so fast that the plexiglass windshield shattered and
came back into the cockpit on him. After the run, he said I don't know how fast I was
going, but when the windshield blew back on me, I knew I was going fast. The duct
tape held the rubber spoiler extenders in perfect place. That's when duct tape became
known as "260 MPH Tape".

Mark

PJH · May 11, 2015

Look close - there's some kind of chain on there, with no slack. If the back wheels of the truck have gone through a dip, the chain may have bent the hitch/tongue. In this case, I'd call it UN-safety chain.

GVSII · May 11, 2015

In the aviation business we used a tape called ordinance tape.A dark green color and much tougher than duct tape.We called it 600 MPH tape.I still have half a roll left.

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