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Old 01-29-2006, 08:16 PM   #1
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Please, don't do this to your van:
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Old 01-29-2006, 08:59 PM   #2
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So what's the problem??, - - can't you see the little red safety flag on the back??
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Man, I have seen ladders before, but what is going on here? LOL
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Looks like the guy just has it real bad for ladders !!!


Sick Sick Sick !!! Thats Really a Bad Bad Thing.

For cryin out loud.

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the ladders on top of the van is almost as high as the van. Not only that, it dosn't look safe or good to new clients. I would also like to know how the back doors open with the pump jacks hanging down.
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And how long's it take to unload that frikkin' thing??
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TOM, you said it right. I'm glad I don't have to do it.
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If anything bad happens, the stuff on top is likely to suffer the most damage. I find it ironic that the most expensive thing, the brake, is on top.
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I guarantee that van would get a ticket for an 'unsafe load' if he even tried to drive through my town, - - probably get impounded, too.
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Our 'small-town' police force is very thorough, - - plus they have nothin' else to do!!
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I guarantee that van would get a ticket for an 'unsafe load' if he even tried to drive through my town, - - probably get impounded, too.
Yeah, that ladder rack isn't even the bolted type. It's just the type that grabs onto the gutter rail. Jeeze...
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He wouldn't last long with just the afternoon ocean breezes that we get here.
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Lets just hope he dosn't have to make a fast sharp turn.
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Must be a siding applicator, we have a guy here with a 2500hd and ladder rack that does the same thing, stacks every friggin ladder/plank AND brake he owns on top of his short bed truck's rack. I keep thinkin one day he'll look like the general lee goin round a corner too fast
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Interesting, some fellas can't do the math, why on earth would you have more equipment on top than the maggots riding in the truck can use?

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I just saw that guy drving around my town. looks like a cartoon accident waiting to happen
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This guy is just waiting for something to happend. An with that kind of a load, it will in all good time. And when it does he will be
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good thing they dont have drive-thru liquors stores in PA
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good thing they dont have drive-thru liquors stores in PA
I didn't take picture, I just recycled it.

Yeah, one of the first things that popped in my head was, "I wonder if this guy will forget about the stuff on top, and go through the McDonald's drive through".

I have pretty tall trucks, and none of them fit through the drive through's at the fast food joints or the banks. That's one of the main drawbacks.
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I did that once when I first got the truck I have now. It came with ladder racks on it and I went to pull in the mall parking lot and boom, hit the caution bars that were hangin there. Backed up traffic a bit but nothing major.
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