Not this.
Hey guys? Just so we’re clear, this post wasn’t a challenge. Or some sort of reverse psychology to make you prove how manly you are. Right? Right.
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Favorite Comment: Fixer Daniel says, “Darwin Darwin on the wall, who’s the dumbest of them all?”
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must me very good friends
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Piggy Back Rides for everyone!
straps? we no need stinking straps. we got Jose.
Can’t the highway patrol fine you for this? (I’m from Europe.)
@mighty oaks
He’s cheaper, too!
I guess these guys didn’t get the nagging “I might die” feeling in the pit of their stomachs.
@Rich
I get that feeling just looking at that last one.
m-a-n-l-y? Heh heh… They spelled “stupid” wrong!
Did anyone else notice that two out of three people risking their lives in the back of a moving ute to help out their friends are black?
Either black people are super nice and fearless, or their friends are racist.
Picture 1: Not bad. Taking the back streets, going slow.
Picture 2: Also not bad. Busier streets, but at least he’s inside the truck bed.
Picture 3: Made me cringe. They have to be going at least 40-45mph. Any major bump on that road the guy does the road rash rumba. That’s a pretty dedicated friend!
Good lord!! are truck straps really that expensive!?!?!
@Demetrius – “stupid” – I love it!!
The last picture looks like they’re moving church pews. God must be on his side if he didn’t die while they were moving them.
Idiots.
I don’t suppose beer comes into this anywhere?
Did anyone notice that the first picture was taken by someone standing in the back of another truck?
I think technically these aren’t “fixes” because there’s no kludge involved. More like Darwin Award photo ops.
We did a much safer version of this when I was in college…my friends and I owned a 2-person inflatable boat that we’d take to the lake that was just a few blocks down the road, but it was too heavy to carry so we put it on top of someone’s car and, lacking twine or rope, we all stuck a hand out the window and held on. We couldn’t go more than about 10 or 15 mph or it would start flying away, but it worked!
the power of hypnosis/devotion/stupidity on #3
You forgot about the 13 year old girl in Alabama who was riding in a cardboard box on top of the mini van because the box wouldn’t fit in the van. The girl was up there to hold the box down. Mom said it was safe – the box was secured with a coat hanger. Only in Alabama!
Sue, I argue that these are fixes (new to the site, so I don’t know what a kludge is.
Problem: We didn’t bring straps, and are afraid our stuff will fall out the back.
Fix: Let’s use Joe! That way he’ll be the first thing to fall off!
Not to defend or justify this sort of thing IN ANY WAY…As a teenager, I helped my older brother transport a stack of plywood in the bed of his early 60s Ford truck. The truck had no tailgate and we had no rope. For the first twenty miles, I rode in the front with my brother – until one of the sheets slid off the back. He pulled the truck onto the shoulder, and the plywood was retrieved. I sat in the back to weigh down the stack for the final ten miles. My brother accelerated rapidly back onto the road, with predictable results: I had a brief magic carpet ride. If youtube existed back then, I could have been famous.
I’d be willing to bet it does! Either massive consumption before the fact, or the promise thereof after… Or, both.
@Ben: Or their friends are black too.
the last one looks like church pews. Maybe he has help from above to stay on.
@ricmer
LOL! ya i didn’t notice the pews. good point there
Does that mean he’s doing this for a church, not just a friend?!
A few weeks ago as I mowed my lawn, a pickup full of stuff pulling a flat trailer full of stuff came by. Went by several times. Moving day for someone! The kids were sitting on the chairs on the trailer….
You bet- What are friends for?
Beware!!
Been there, done that. Years ago in Hawaii with a fridge and stand freezer. I drove _very_ slowly….
They got nothin’ on the 13 yo girl that rode in a box on top of a van. She was safe! They held the box on with a hanger. Ok, they’re all morons!!!!
Actually it’s the same guy in all three pictures, just different days. Believe it or not, he does this for a living. His name is Hugh Hall.
Darwin Darwin on the wall, who’s the dumbest of them all?
@Daniel
Hope my answer’s not too late
It’s the guy on the liftgate.
@R850R
Nope, This is AMERICA!
You should see the hundred dollar rust buckets I drive. Wires hanging down and all.
Friends are for falling off of trucks.
Friends are for following in the car behind to call 911 once the inevitable happens.
Duct tape! Zip ties! They’re both easy to steal at Home Depot.
Duct tape fixes everything.
He sure looks pale in that second picture. You’d think he’d be more pale in the last one, from being scared going 75 down the highway.
Last time I did something similar, I was 14 and working on a farm. I was trying to push the top bales of hay back up on the hay wagon in the field all the while yelling, “WAIT! WAIT!” The last thing I remember was seeing a large wall of hay come at me. I guess they found me on the way back out because they accused me of whimping out on stacking it in the barn >:-/. Let’s not worry about a possible concussion or anything.
This reminds me of a story I heard a few months ago. A guy has to move a mattress. He has a car, so he’s gotta throw it up top. Realizing he has no rope, his faithful buddy volunteers himself to ride on top of the mattress to weigh it down.
Some of you may have already gasped in horror already realizing what going to happen. Yes, the air got under it, lifted it up in the air, flipped over, and the guy died. So, to sum up, don’t friggin do stupid crap like this. The story is from the show Dr.G Medical Examiner.
I think Dr. G did a whole show on guys who tried to use their bodies in place of ratcheting straps.
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@Anna Rexia
In Re Picture Three: That’s Insterstate 40. More Specifically, they are driving over the Hernando Desoto Bridge where Interstate 40 crosses the Mississippi River from Arkansas into Memphis, Tennessee. The river is about 3/4 of a mile across there. But the distance between the last exit in Arkansas and the first exit in Tennessee is over 4 miles.
Not only that, but there is absolutely nowhere for the Ark. Hwy Patrol or MPD to set up with radar on that stretch of interstate. I don’t know how fast those guys were going, but even if they weren’t doing the 55mph speed limit, every body else around them was probably going 70 or 80.
That is just crazy. If that guy falls off, he is done.
When I was about 10, my dad and uncle stuck me in the back of a pickup to hold an old 300-lb organ across 2 states. I’m not kidding.
Remember:
– Friends help you move
– GOOD friends help you move…Bodies!
My question is How did the second guy not lose his hat?
Superglue.
It doesn’t surprise me that the third one is coming from Arkansas…
This is missing the classic Mattress On Roof With One Hand Out Driver’s Side Window
The good thing is that when this stuff falls off the back of the trucks, these guys will be on the ground first to provide cushioning…at 40 mph.
Saw something like this involving a guy and a fridge in Rio Rancho, NM. I was visiting a friend and my bf and I just shook our heads at how scary this was–especially when the driver went over a bump and the guy nearly fell out (and the fridge on top of him!).
to answer the question of “Darwin Darwin, on the wall who’s the dumbest of them all?”…The one who lets go
@Bas-O-Matic, I wondered if I was the only one to recognize that stretch of road. The stretch of I-40 between the last AR exit and the bridge is pretty damn bumpy, too.