In light of MarkS's image of his teenie car "appearing" to pull his new Trilogy, I thought an old e-mail message out to be revived.  This thing floated around some years ago, so many may have already seen this.  However, I feel we may have enough new RV'ers that they need to be initiated into how NOT to set up a tow vehicle.  As stated in the title, do not attempt this at home.

Here's a little lesson in how not to do things which seems to totally escape some people. I'd love to see how the trip ended up but I feel confident he ended up in a ravine somewhere wondering why bad things seems to always happen to him. He must rank in the top 3% of the "mentally-challenged" scale.

He's hooked up and ready to fly!! It's amazing how the extra weight really smoothed out the ride in the truck. He did have to air up the rear tires a bit (around 160 psi).

He added some heavy-duty chain for extra support on the tailgate (note that he used the "Heavy-Duty 'S' hooks to attach the chain) He also paid-up for some BIG 5/16 sheet-metal screws to attach the frame to the tailgate. Yeah, he knows it's overkill, but he didn't want the possibility of having an accident.

Much of his time was spent on his front porch whittling down that MASSIVE 4x4 board to fit precisely into the ball mount receiver. Also note that he used a 14" piece of 1x4 to help distribute the load more evenly--"YOU CAN"T BE TOO SAFE, YOU KNOW!!" "It cost a little more, but you just can't be too safe when pulling a trailer of this magnitude!!"

Look out Utah, ‘cause here he comes!!!!