BajaNomad - Overload is an understatement

Overload is an understatement

Al G - 8-1-2007 at 06:23 PM

The Mexicans in Baja have nothing on this Guy.....

The materials were loaded at Home Depot. Their store manager said they made the customer sign a waiver. While the plywood and 2X4's are fairly obvious, what you can't see is the back seat, which contains - are you ready for this? - 10 bags of concrete @ 80 lbs. each. They estimated the load weight at 3000 lbs. Both back tires exploded, the wheels bent and the rear shocks were driven through the floorboard.

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DENNIS - 8-1-2007 at 06:30 PM

This had to be a joke or something. Nobody could be this stupid. Looks like the engine is still running.

CaboRon - 8-1-2007 at 06:33 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
This had to be a joke or something. Nobody could be this stupid. Looks like the engine is still running.

Oh, Yes, people can be that stupid ! :lol:

I'm on the floor laughing !!! :lol:

Thanks Al !! :lol:

-CaboRon

Al G - 8-1-2007 at 06:35 PM

This is not a joke....

BirdDog - 8-1-2007 at 06:37 PM

Well at least it looks like he used good rope. :lol:

DENNIS - 8-1-2007 at 06:37 PM

Well...If it wasn't a joke, it was a borrowed car.

Albert.......Did you take this shot?

Glass half full?

Lee - 8-1-2007 at 06:55 PM

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Originally posted by Al G
This is not a joke....

The guy underestimated the strength of his car. I'd say he's motivated to work -- but underpowered in transportation.

Don't think stoopid is a factor here. Just my take.

:coolup:

Mexitron - 8-1-2007 at 06:59 PM

Nah...can't believe anyone would do that...

DENNIS - 8-1-2007 at 07:01 PM

Lee............... Big time factor, for sure. I can't stop looking at this. It appears, from the rear ties, that the load was centered on top. Looks like they tied it down with twine. The driver appears to still be in the car, probably in shock.
Oh well, can't say he didn't try.

Gotta be a joke

Dave - 8-1-2007 at 07:02 PM

Examine the picture closely.

DENNIS - 8-1-2007 at 07:05 PM

Was that pile of wood loaded on that car with a computer?

DENNIS - 8-1-2007 at 07:08 PM

Dave....

What are you seeing? I would imagine all the windows to be blown out but, I don't know.

Dave - 8-1-2007 at 07:10 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
Was that pile of wood loaded on that car with a computer?

Or tied with Spectra line. :lol:

BMG - 8-1-2007 at 07:34 PM

At least he has a line tied to the windshield wiper so the load doesn't slide off the back.

Snopes says it's REAL!

Dave - 8-1-2007 at 07:37 PM

Still don't believe it. Don't see how the load could stay up there.

Daddy didn't teach him right

Lee - 8-1-2007 at 07:42 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
Lee............... Big time factor, for sure. I can't stop looking at this. It appears, from the rear ties, that the load was centered on top.

Think the cement would have done him in.

Not everybody has a Daddy to teach him right.

Oh, and I think the guy inside is asleep. Si?

:yes:

[Edited on 8-2-2007 by Lee]

vgabndo - 8-1-2007 at 07:44 PM

That's nuts...if it is Photo Shop its a darn good job. I blew the thing way up, and I don't see how the strings going across the sign on the store in the background could have been superimposed on there. What I don't get is why the plywood didn't slide like a deck of cards. That's what happens to me every time I do that. :lol:

Don Alley - 8-1-2007 at 07:49 PM

This photo was famous/infamous on a Volkswagon message board about six years ago. Much speculation and research into the authenticiy of the photo, where it was shot, etc. If I remember correctly it was all inconclusive.

There was a huge thread that spun off featuring the same load of lumber taken off that photo and photoshopped on every conceivable yype of vehicle ever made...airlines, space shuttles, Abrams Tanks, etc. Funny stuff.

It's now part of VW web folklore...here's a current VW dealer advertisement:

http://ads2.vortexmediagroup.com/advertpro/servlet/file?id=4...

Russ - 8-1-2007 at 08:07 PM

I still think it was taken in Mexico

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Al G - 8-1-2007 at 08:30 PM

:lol:

DENNIS - 8-2-2007 at 06:10 AM

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Originally posted by vgabndo
What I don't get is why the plywood didn't slide like a deck of cards. That's what happens to me every time I do that. :lol:

This guy probably nailed them all together.

bacquito - 8-2-2007 at 09:14 AM

Good Grief!!

shari - 8-2-2007 at 09:19 AM

I told him not to ask what we needed! I'm sure he was heading our way with treats for us in exchange for a good time! So diver..get good tires next time you come down.

bajamigo - 8-2-2007 at 10:22 AM

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Originally posted by DENNIS

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Originally posted by vgabndo
What I don't get is why the plywood didn't slide like a deck of cards. That's what happens to me every time I do that. :lol:

This guy probably nailed them all together.

I think Don Alley nailed it. Check out the link he posted. To show you how it works, I could put the house you're building on that li'l white pickup.

viabaja - 8-2-2007 at 03:19 PM

This is an old photo that's been circulating around. It is real! The 2 people were found by the police sleeping in the front seat. They were meth freaks and dozed off! Before the car imploded or not?? I gather the idiot manager of that Home Depot got canned for even loading the car - release or not.

Crusoe - 8-2-2007 at 04:06 PM

The people in the front seat were reported to be be in the real estate and new housing and land development business in Loreto and La Paz.. Expats on the run from San Diego and Ensenada. Dont laugh ....Its all true!!!!!!

Bajalover - 8-2-2007 at 04:38 PM

Al, I haven't seen anything this funny in a long long time. I laughed for several minutes while looking at this "foolish" guy's car. What a joke, yet I've seen many cars and vans in Baja loaded to the hilt. :biggrin: