I've been towing for 2 years and I could probably talk about crazy ones for about an hour. I've seen people flip and walk away, people that break rear ends and hurt themselves. I've worked about a half dozen fatalities those are the worst.
My dad has had some come on an on ramp, cross 5 lanes of freeway nail the rear corner of the open car hauler wreck the front of their car, careen back across the highway and slide to a stop. The trailer hardly even noticed it,
There's snow falling out of the fog here in Zurich. Temps are falling, and the roads are gonna be slick as glass by afternoon. Randy, thank you for filling my day with sunshine!!!
Towing stories! I definitely have a towing story, involves dip in the road, trailer coming unattached, demo derby car slamming into my tail gate, trailer going under truck... In an intersecting. It was one of those stupid tongue designs that you have to squeeze together and pull down. Someone didn't put in the safety pin, that's when I learned to check after everyone's work
I had something slightly similar happen to me; towing a caravan(with a 6 door volvo limo no less :D ) and the magnificent sight it is to see a caravan with the front pointing into the air(when it let go), only to one second later slam into the asphalt(the emergency brakewire engaged) and veer into a ditch on its own is both scary and hilarious at the same time
Rode in the back of a Caged Ferrari Mondial one time as a kid. The tiny ‘back seats’ were still fitted, but it was still very awkward fitting in between the bars and harnesses.
Randy Pobst? Automatic thumbs up!!!! Edit: wouldn't that be a helluva crossover if they dropped the truck and trailer at Rabbit's Diesel Shop?! I remember Hugo hit us with crazy flooding in Virginia, I that was '96...
Hi, Mike! How’s the Hornet? Sooo original. Got a towing story w that, too. South Georgia, Mike. It’s true. Seem a bit cheap, but I think they work fine.
I don’t know how I haven’t seen anyone else comment about him . But vinwiki needs to have Matt’s off road recovery on ! I love watching his channel and feel like he will definitely have some cool stories . Pls like if you wanna see Matt here too so ED sees !
Randy has the BEST stories! This one even qualifies as a fable (besides it being non-fiction)! What’s the moral? If you have a vehicle that goes through heavy-duty use (towing, racing, track driving, rallying, offroading, hooning), do a careful vehicle check prior to any major drive/race/etc. Nothing spells out the word douchebag like a towing vehicle losing a wheel, a vehicle coming out of or off its trailer due to insufficient tie-down, or pieces of furniture busted up all over the highway (or a mattress/box spring). No hard feelings, Randy…I wasn’t talking about you or your friend. 😳😬😉🤣🤣 🖖😎👍
I don't have anything this crazy, but I have a home-built teardrop trailer I tow behind my NA Miata. I have only ever blown two tires on the trailer, and both times it was the spare - which is mounted on the tongue. The first time was because I somehow inserted the drawbar pin in front of the drawbar, and the second was because the trailer actually popped off the ball. When the trailer is suddenly being pulled only by the chains, the lowest point on the tongue is the spare tire. It only took a few feet until it wore right through the carcass and caused a catastrophic decompression. :)
My buddy's dad had a 70's convertible firebird that had one entire front quarter made out of Bondo- total p.o.s. The one and only time I rode in it the entire wheel came off w/axle attached and went rolling into the front yard of the police station in St. Peters, Mo. My friend and I grabbed our skateboards and left his dad sitting there.
One of the most nervewracking drives I ever had was towing one pickup with another with a length of steel chain. It was only around a half a mile, maybe a little less. So only a few min to drive but it felt like an hour. We ended up using the trailer hitch on one truck tied off to the plow frame (where a snow plow gets mounted) of the other. No bolts, no padlocks, no zipties, just a chain with hooks on either end, wrapped around a sturdy point and hooked back on itself. With no stretch like one of those nylon (or whatever) tow straps (the nylon rope the US Navy uses can stretch up to 40% in length btw, just for some context) and the sound of the metal-on-metal connections to both vehicles reverberating through the frame, combined with doing my damnedest to compensate for the lack of stretching, it was one hell of a half mile. And this is a story where everything that went bad, happened prior to the part with towing. Transmission on a F-150 (or maybe 250..... was a long time back now) died when on the way back to the yard. Other guy I was with walked to the yard while I stayed with the truck. Our boss came back so he could see what happened along another truck and 20-30 feet of chain. Then with me driving the towing vehicle and him steering/braking the other one, we went back to the yard. addendum: this was circa 2005
Had the tire rack on an open trailer I was hauling full off a few miles from VIR. Stacked the tires in the RV walked across the street to the nearest auto parts store got some ratchet straps and tied the rack back on. When the car owner got to the track a day latter he called his brother in law ti bring his welder as long as he was headed ti watch the race. Drive back to Florida was uneventful.
Wow that must of been a hellish trip in that caged firebird for 4 people. My Dad had a 1992 firebird trans am. He hated my mom's oldsmobile cutlass. Took a trip to see family from PA to FL in the back of a firebird even as a 10 year old kid that was a terrible trip
That’s too funny. I had the almost exact same thing happen around the exact same time. (Minus the hurricane) In ‘94 we were towing 20k worth of motorcycles from Atlanta to Myrtle Beach for bike week behind my 88 Bronco when the right rear bearing failed and broke the right rear axle. I was looking at the ground then the sky as the truck drug to a stop in a shower of sparks. The tire ripped the quarter panel loose then went between the motorcycles and eventually rolled past us on the right in the grass about a half a mile then fell over and started a huge grass fire. A few hours later we left the Bronco in no where South Carolina and the only thing we could find to rent with a trailer ball was a 70s 35’ uhaul. Couldn’t even see the trailer behind us. Finished the trip, spent the week in Myrtle Beach then came back. On the way home we put the motorcycles and the trailer in the back of the uhaul and got a car hauler to tow the Bronco back to Atlanta to get it fixed…
@@randypobstofficial I sure did Randy, very cool of you to reply, I don’t know if you remember me but I worked at road Atlanta from 92-2000 the last few years as the track medical and safety director. We met a couple of times in those years… I’ve always been a fan even when I was responsible for the safety of 80,000 spectators, crews, drivers and the track…
Great stories, and I realize this sounds critical, but it shouldn’t. It’s just food for thought for others. You always slow by letting off the gas slowly, hoping for no pedal use. Second, trailer brakes should drag the tow vehicle to a stop if you do use the brake. A proportional controller is a must. It’s worth the small investment if your truck isn’t already equipped. I’m glad everything came out alright, it makes a great story because Lady Luck didn’t enforce penalties.
Hey there@@randypobstofficial! When you think about it though, being stuck on a deserted island with Ginger and Mary Ann does have a tremendous upside!
I kind of crack up whenever I see a 1/2 ton truck rig hauling a huge toy hauler or enclosed trailer....KIDS there's a reason most 3/4 ton and larger trucks have floating axels on them.....Don't be "That Guy"! I know a guy who had a Nissan Titan towing an open trailer to a race and he SMOKED his brakes going down a grade and almost killed himself along with his wife and newborn child.....Don't be "That Guy"! Go BIG or stay home!
Glad to have Randy back in the interview chair. Many more great stories to come from him in the coming weeks!
He’s always such a fun guest to have on the channel.
When are we getting to hear from John again? Love Randy!
Got you some good tow stories if you ever want to hear
wonderful to have someone who loves talking cars more than money or themselves on the channel. Randy is the real deal, and his passion is infectious.
Randy is one of the best ambassadors motor sports has. We are lucky to have his enthusiasm and experience to promote all types of racing.
I see Randy Pobst mentioned and I automatically watch the video. This guy is such a fun story teller.
Randy needs his own podcast and/orshow , can listen to this legend talk all day!
Thx Jay!
He's right, everyone who's ever done a lot of towing has at least one crazy towing story!
I've been towing for 2 years and I could probably talk about crazy ones for about an hour. I've seen people flip and walk away, people that break rear ends and hurt themselves. I've worked about a half dozen fatalities those are the worst.
My dad has had some come on an on ramp, cross 5 lanes of freeway nail the rear corner of the open car hauler wreck the front of their car, careen back across the highway and slide to a stop. The trailer hardly even noticed it,
Truth, Jared.
There's snow falling out of the fog here in Zurich. Temps are falling, and the roads are gonna be slick as glass by afternoon. Randy, thank you for filling my day with sunshine!!!
Kind of you, and my pleasure
"Hugo got it" Practically the equivalent of "The dingo's ate your baby."
Good one, Randy!
Yes, so true
Love Randy's stories, he is always soo enthusiastic...
love RP’s stories. Edge of the seat story teller around a campfire! love it!
Always love Randy's stories. Need more!
Does a missing wheel count for the van being handicapped? Randy's stories are always great.
That call to the yard was a plot twist!
Randy cracks himself up and I'm here for it! 😂
randy is the car dad we never had
So prouda you, Son
I could listen to his story’s all day !
Randy is an awesome story teller! Love his live YT videos too! Thank for bringing him back Ed!
Lehto has some good towing stories too
I really enjoy this guy. Van stories can be quite interesting.
Thank God for Randy Pobst!
This guy absolutely needs his own podcast or show or channel. He tells such a compelling story.
Randy Pobst never disappoints! The man is a legend
Glad to see you back Randy. Again, congratulations on your 2021 Pikes Peak run. 😎 👍
Thx so much, Aaron. We’ll be back w Unplugged Tesla Plaid 👍
"Oh no!" And I laughed so hard when I got the Hugo story.
I always say Randy tells the best stories, and this one didn't disappoint.
Towing stories! I definitely have a towing story, involves dip in the road, trailer coming unattached, demo derby car slamming into my tail gate, trailer going under truck... In an intersecting. It was one of those stupid tongue designs that you have to squeeze together and pull down. Someone didn't put in the safety pin, that's when I learned to check after everyone's work
I had something slightly similar happen to me; towing a caravan(with a 6 door volvo limo no less :D ) and the magnificent sight it is to see a caravan with the front pointing into the air(when it let go), only to one second later slam into the asphalt(the emergency brakewire engaged) and veer into a ditch on its own is both scary and hilarious at the same time
I wanna see the vid!
@@googzmo that’s what I’m talkin bout !
I love Randy, so excited to see him back and telling stories!
Thx a million, Sushil 👍
Rode in the back of a Caged Ferrari Mondial one time as a kid. The tiny ‘back seats’ were still fitted, but it was still very awkward fitting in between the bars and harnesses.
RAANDY IS BAACK!! YEES!!!! A REAL DRIVER WITH REAL STORIESS!!! 😁😁🙌🙌
I've seen never someone so excited to talk about the wreck of of his vehicles lmao, great story
Excited no one got hurt. They easily coulda died. Scary though, but got lucky this time.
@@randypobstofficial Absolutely
"I heard a wheel bearing going bad. Then let my friend borrow it to tow across 4 states." With friends like that ...
True. Aint it?
Amen Brother! We've all been there in one way, shape or another😇
Love the way Randy tells a story. You feel like you're there!
Randy and Christopher are the best!
I love Randy he does tell a good story👍👍👍
Randy has some of the best stories! Always finds a way to make it to the race and compete! 🤙
No joke towing stories are always a near death experience.
Randy Pobst? Automatic thumbs up!!!!
Edit: wouldn't that be a helluva crossover if they dropped the truck and trailer at Rabbit's Diesel Shop?! I remember Hugo hit us with crazy flooding in Virginia, I that was '96...
Finally ...Randy the awesome man savage lmfao
Absolutely love this chap and his stories, I thought the Tesla Plaid story was something. This is another level!
Randy- If you can find me a 24' enclosed trailer for $5k, I'd be amazed...and I'd take 3! All the best, your favorite AMC Hornet dealer, mike cook!
Hi, Mike! How’s the Hornet? Sooo original. Got a towing story w that, too. South Georgia, Mike. It’s true. Seem a bit cheap, but I think they work fine.
I don’t know how I haven’t seen anyone else comment about him . But vinwiki needs to have Matt’s off road recovery on ! I love watching his channel and feel like he will definitely have some cool stories . Pls like if you wanna see Matt here too so ED sees !
Absolutely
I know, I love Matt’s off-road recovery, too. So many stick and crashed Jeeps and whatever’s.
Randy has the BEST stories! This one even qualifies as a fable (besides it being non-fiction)! What’s the moral? If you have a vehicle that goes through heavy-duty use (towing, racing, track driving, rallying, offroading, hooning), do a careful vehicle check prior to any major drive/race/etc. Nothing spells out the word douchebag like a towing vehicle losing a wheel, a vehicle coming out of or off its trailer due to insufficient tie-down, or pieces of furniture busted up all over the highway (or a mattress/box spring). No hard feelings, Randy…I wasn’t talking about you or your friend. 😳😬😉🤣🤣 🖖😎👍
Guilty! I have a couple pics somewhere, can’t find em. Pre phone cameras.
His stories are awesome!
I don't have anything this crazy, but I have a home-built teardrop trailer I tow behind my NA Miata. I have only ever blown two tires on the trailer, and both times it was the spare - which is mounted on the tongue. The first time was because I somehow inserted the drawbar pin in front of the drawbar, and the second was because the trailer actually popped off the ball. When the trailer is suddenly being pulled only by the chains, the lowest point on the tongue is the spare tire. It only took a few feet until it wore right through the carcass and caused a catastrophic decompression. :)
My buddy's dad had a 70's convertible firebird that had one entire front quarter made out of Bondo- total p.o.s. The one and only time I rode in it the entire wheel came off w/axle attached and went rolling into the front yard of the police station in St. Peters, Mo. My friend and I grabbed our skateboards and left his dad sitting there.
Must have been great sleep while B52’s were blasting all the way and rear bearing was screaming for it’s life 😏
ive had some hilarious towing stories myself. You can't make the stuff up, nobody has that much imagination.
We love Randy!
Thx a mill, Kyle 😆
Man I would PAY to see in real time what the van and trailer looked like careening into that rest stop!
Me too !!
Talk about getting lucky at a rest stop. That was close!
allot of good lessons here. thanks randy
Randy Pobst what a guy.
that van nearly lived up to it's name- Found On Road Dead
I bet it’s a story with a wreck in it. Call me crazy. Still love Randy though.
Ah, love when Randy is on.
True. I blow a tire at 65 mph and never felt it.
One of the most nervewracking drives I ever had was towing one pickup with another with a length of steel chain. It was only around a half a mile, maybe a little less. So only a few min to drive but it felt like an hour.
We ended up using the trailer hitch on one truck tied off to the plow frame (where a snow plow gets mounted) of the other. No bolts, no padlocks, no zipties, just a chain with hooks on either end, wrapped around a sturdy point and hooked back on itself.
With no stretch like one of those nylon (or whatever) tow straps (the nylon rope the US Navy uses can stretch up to 40% in length btw, just for some context) and the sound of the metal-on-metal connections to both vehicles reverberating through the frame, combined with doing my damnedest to compensate for the lack of stretching, it was one hell of a half mile.
And this is a story where everything that went bad, happened prior to the part with towing. Transmission on a F-150 (or maybe 250..... was a long time back now) died when on the way back to the yard. Other guy I was with walked to the yard while I stayed with the truck. Our boss came back so he could see what happened along another truck and 20-30 feet of chain. Then with me driving the towing vehicle and him steering/braking the other one, we went back to the yard.
addendum: this was circa 2005
Randy is a fricken Rock Star.
Oh man, Randy is sooo right about towing stories lol
Randy was great in "My Blue Heaven".
God damn I love randy!
Had the tire rack on an open trailer I was hauling full off a few miles from VIR. Stacked the tires in the RV walked across the street to the nearest auto parts store got some ratchet straps and tied the rack back on. When the car owner got to the track a day latter he called his brother in law ti bring his welder as long as he was headed ti watch the race. Drive back to Florida was uneventful.
Well done Tom Yikes
Maintenance is key 👍🏻
Love this guy!
Wow that must of been a hellish trip in that caged firebird for 4 people. My Dad had a 1992 firebird trans am. He hated my mom's oldsmobile cutlass. Took a trip to see family from PA to FL in the back of a firebird even as a 10 year old kid that was a terrible trip
I clicked because i missread the title and thought it was a rabbit story but i still i stayed … love vinwiki content 💯🔥❤️
and you got the real deal instead
GUIDO?......OH, THAT'S PERFECT.
Hi Ed! Have a good day.
Hey William!
Whenever, I see a vehicle w a trailer or something being towed, i move out of the way. It's just good policy.
That’s too funny. I had the almost exact same thing happen around the exact same time. (Minus the hurricane) In ‘94 we were towing 20k worth of motorcycles from Atlanta to Myrtle Beach for bike week behind my 88 Bronco when the right rear bearing failed and broke the right rear axle. I was looking at the ground then the sky as the truck drug to a stop in a shower of sparks. The tire ripped the quarter panel loose then went between the motorcycles and eventually rolled past us on the right in the grass about a half a mile then fell over and started a huge grass fire. A few hours later we left the Bronco in no where South Carolina and the only thing we could find to rent with a trailer ball was a 70s 35’ uhaul. Couldn’t even see the trailer behind us. Finished the trip, spent the week in Myrtle Beach then came back. On the way home we put the motorcycles and the trailer in the back of the uhaul and got a car hauler to tow the Bronco back to Atlanta to get it fixed…
Very resourceful, the show must go on. You got lucky on that one, too 👍
@@randypobstofficial I sure did Randy, very cool of you to reply, I don’t know if you remember me but I worked at road Atlanta from 92-2000 the last few years as the track medical and safety director. We met a couple of times in those years… I’ve always been a fan even when I was responsible for the safety of 80,000 spectators, crews, drivers and the track…
Had enough sidewall to flub it just right
Great stories, and I realize this sounds critical, but it shouldn’t. It’s just food for thought for others.
You always slow by letting off the gas slowly, hoping for no pedal use.
Second, trailer brakes should drag the tow vehicle to a stop if you do use the brake. A proportional controller is a must. It’s worth the small investment if your truck isn’t already equipped.
I’m glad everything came out alright, it makes a great story because Lady Luck didn’t enforce penalties.
True true, but the element of surprise ….
What a dude!
6:11 Bob Denver? Take me home country roads?
That would be John Denver"Thank God I'm a Country Boy". Bob was the one stuck on an island with Ginger and Mary Ann.
@@theanomalous1401 Gregorious! Hey buddy! Good call on Gilligan vs the
Nice guy country pop singer John, whom people used to say I resembled.
Hey there@@randypobstofficial! When you think about it though, being stuck on a deserted island with Ginger and Mary Ann does have a tremendous upside!
I brain read the title of the video as "When TWO WING goes wrong" And I'm sitting like..... whats 2 wing? Whats wrong with it?
Im 42 years old and I still want to be Randy Pobst when I grow up
Towing is hazardous, so true.
Cool story !
That was God's way of saying don't listen to the b52s.
I thought a Ford 9" wouldn't have the axel shaft come out? Even if it's smoked at the bearing. I should know had a bearing fail on my 67 F100 Ranger.
Yeah, add about fifteen thousand to that for a good enclosed car trailer Randy.
Mid nineties, nope, not many cabovers i n there by then!
In case it wasn’t clear, the van was sideways!
For the record..i experience hurricane HUGO was sept. 17, 1989
0:37 - Young Randy was Joe Biden!
Is daily driving a restomod a terrible idea or a wonderful idea?
3:21 why so many axles
Ikr! I'm sure they're not over weight though!
Pure Michigan requires it
In Europe, nothing towing is allowed to go over 80 kph/49 mph. It sucks but makes sense.
Damn here in USA , I drove from Denver to Los Angeles and the truckers easily maintain a 75mph constant sometimes faster 😅 going across the deserts
I kind of crack up whenever I see a 1/2 ton truck rig hauling a huge toy hauler or enclosed trailer....KIDS there's a reason most 3/4 ton and larger trucks have floating axels on them.....Don't be "That Guy"! I know a guy who had a Nissan Titan towing an open trailer to a race and he SMOKED his brakes going down a grade and almost killed himself along with his wife and newborn child.....Don't be "That Guy"! Go BIG or stay home!
Was your insurance guy bronco Johnson?
Damn if i saw it was Randy i would have watched immediately
Smash that bell icon baby
Towing isn't the problem.. neglectful owners are
Can I get a dating service replay. Not surprised yt slows these everywhere even on my kids cartoons.
Should have known better to TOW at 65 / 70 MPH.. That is unsafe ! Leave early !! Be Safe !!
Proper rig, 75-80 no prob
Was only a E-150 tho. But it had 200K miles, because RACING
I lost one of my friends cause she hit her head to the rollgage on a road car. Her father never got over that...
So sad to hear, Axel. Coulda been me, too, but been lucky.
I don’t wanna call Randy a liar but Hugo was in September 89 . Hit my family hard and I was a year old .
world's fastest clown car? kinda looks like that one.
#prepyourtrailers
Missed use of : "my wife at the time"
He involved himself in the story when he clearly wasn’t there.
Towing stories with faulty equipment. 😳
I’ll tell you what’s dangerous, soccer mom in a Tahoe on her cell phone “I didn’t see you“that’s why I can’t ride motorcycles
where can you find a 24 foot enclosed trailer for $5000 I'm packing a bag to go get it