F150 vs. stupidity

[Fisher_Bill]

Saw this on the interweb today,

[RobertRyan]

Campfire Time wrote:
I saw that too. And now this person probably bashes Fords for not being good trucks.

Some very silly person said that Global Pickups crack their frames, other Forum, oblivious to the many who in the US, who seem to have problems with cracking frames I say from overloading

[ScottG]

Saw an F350 repo truck that was bent in the same manner but not as bad.
People have no clue what leverage can do.

[Mike134]

Nice looking sheet metal on most of the truck except for that one small wrinkle.

Bet he tells the bride it will buff right out

[Grit_dog]

towpro wrote:
I thinking its fake.
The rear tires don't show very much load.
The bed would just about be rubbing the rear tires with rear compressed suspension.
The front tires would be cambered out at top and the gap between front tires and truck body would be larger as all that weight on back would unload front axle.

the triangle formed by camper to roof of truck don't match the triangle formed between bed and cab or the triangle formed by the cab of truck and street, or the one between camper and roof.

the camper is not even touching on the tailgate.

and I don't think that camper has enough weight to break the frame.

Honestly, none of the points made appear a correct interpretation of that pic, and I don't see anything to suggest it's photo shopped.
Angle of the dangle? Did you measure the angles in blubeam or something? They're pretty close and that model of truck, the bed wraps around the back of the cab a bit, so there's no "gap" from a side view anyway.
Front axle load? Either the truck has a 3" leveling kit if the pic is fake or the front end is real light. That old clapped out F 150 would be considerably lower in front with no cantilevered load.
Tires and rear sagging? Yes, P tires would be almost flat if at recommended pressures. Any tire aired up to around 80psi won't look squishy just sitting there like that. And yes, it would be on the bump stops, but you're assuming theres no extra suspension in the rear.
Sitting on tailgate? Ever seen a camper sitting on a bit of a platform in the truck bed?

Pic looks real.

[towpro]

dockmasterdave wrote:
There was a similar one running around Naples Fl a couple weeks ago.
I saw it several different days, always driving. I was amazed that it never bothered a single cop.

we don't have cops in central Florida for that.
we have sheriff who is too busy chancing killers and drug dealers.
and we have state police who only do speeding tickets, accidents and highway deaths.
as I drive around I am amazed all the cars and truck missing 1, 2 or even all the rear brake lights. I see cars at intersections with steel sticking out of tires (holds them on the roads). stuff with windshields broke so bad they are pressed in several inches. and stuff running so bad you just about barf on the fumes. and don't let me get started in the Id10T's who have pickups with tires sticking out 12" past the wheel wells blowing water up so bad in the rain you can't see, but how can you see through the black "rolling coal" smoke they are putting out, or the illegal HID headlights that blind everyone. But the worse is Mister Magoo. and there is thousands of them down here.

https://youtu.be/rwsNhiuMBgw

[towpro]

I thinking its fake.
The rear tires don't show very much load.
The bed would just about be rubbing the rear tires with rear compressed suspension.
The front tires would be cambered out at top and the gap between front tires and truck body would be larger as all that weight on back would unload front axle.

the triangle formed by camper to roof of truck don't match the triangle formed between bed and cab or the triangle formed by the cab of truck and street, or the one between camper and roof.

the camper is not even touching on the tailgate.

and I don't think that camper has enough weight to break the frame.

[Lwiddis]

He’ll need a bunch of legos to level that camper.

[Mickeyfan0805]

Wow. Just. Wow!!

[naturist]

Unfortunately there is no law against stupidity. We have to wait for stupid to act. Equally unfortunately, others are often afflicted by those stupid acts.

[dockmasterdave]

There was a similar one running around Naples Fl a couple weeks ago.
I saw it several different days, always driving. I was amazed that it never bothered a single cop.

[schlep1967]

Well obviously he doesn't know anything about strapping down your load. Anybody with not so common sense can see that the yellow strap needs to go through that front window on the camper and then through the front windows of the truck ......

[Grit_dog]

1 word. Florida

[jaycocreek]

The length killed it..

I saw an AF 811 for sale on a newer Ford F-150 the guy had owned a couple years without anything like this..I have hauled a coiple truck campers on 1/2 ton trucks but none were ever that long,just 8' and 8.5' on long beds..They handled just fine with coiled helper springs and never had any problems even towing horses.

Looking at the strap over the top,he may have just bought it and was bringing it home,a common way for some to get it home.

[stumper92]

Bet that thing would pop a mean wheelie!

[DutchmenSport]

I always said, "There is no right or wrong way to do camping, it's just different for everyone." Well, in this case ... I think I finally met my challenge on that statement!