
With all the talk in trucking about predatory towing and outrageous invoices for cross-town halls, what about towing work that's done way, way too cheaply?
That's what happened on Tuesday morning when an "alert citizen called Golden Gate Communications Center to warn" California Highway Patrol "about an unusual vehicle combination traveling on a San Francisco freeway," according to a CHP post on Facebook.
"We typically see people tow vehicles using a tow truck, but this big rig driver elected to tow another big rig tractor using nothing more than a metal pipe," CHP wrote.
Well, nothing more than a metal pipe and a chain of course, expertly wrapped around the frame of an International and passed a few times through a hole cut in the pole. Apparently the combination worked and hit highway speeds, though the gap between the International and the Volvo being towed probably did hurt miles per gallon (good thing the Volvo was one of those areo trucks like the International, or it could have been worse). Even wilder -- the combination came safely to a stop.
Not happy to leave well enough alone, CHP intervened.
CHP alleges this truck had inoperable brakes with chambers dragging on the ground. Perhaps they were simply pots and pans?
Here two fully outfitted purpose-built tow trucks do the job one driver's improvised "ingenuity" accomplished with just one, a chain and a metal pipe.








