Having lunch with my brother just now and he read me a pretty good joke I thought I'd share.

It said- Science Fact: its impossible for a man to load a truck and strap it down without saying, "That's not going anywhere."

Or the delusional LL who just signed on a new tenant:

LOL!!

It's not just men. I had a rocking chair tied on top of stuff in my truck about ten years ago. Flew off on the freeway in SoCal, I was sooo lucky I didn't kill anyone!

The bridge leaving the OBX used to be very rocky - like riding a galloping horse. Our pick up also tended to bounce a bit.

DH bounced a washer (or was it a dryer?) right out of the back...

Oh ya WMH, I lost a big lumber load once. I had a 1995 dodge Dakota packed to the gills with 16' 2x4's for a spec house we were building. Slippery bed liner, stick shift. Stop sign on a hill and lost the whole load when I went to pull onto the main road. What a disaster.

We also lost a bunch of bubble wrap house insulation on the interstate before. Cops pulled us over with it bunched up under their car. They had to call out state trucks to pick it up. It was cut in squares and flying

My business partner had our brand new fridge fall out of the back of his pickup while heading to a rental this last year. I got a phone call from him that I needed to come meet him because he needed some help. I asked what it was and he said he needed help picking the fridge up off the highway. :)

After I finished laughing, I headed over and we got it loaded up. Pieces of styrofoam everywhere! :)

In the end, it still worked fine -- just a ding on one corner at the bottom.

I plan to tease him about it forever... :)

- John...

Linda J, that's funny. The same guy that lost the load of house wrap with me also lives by the philosophy that if you drive fast enough to the dumpster, most will blow out by the time your there! Haha.

I carefully strapped the riding mower on the trailer and drove away. About a mile down the road I heard a terrible clunk. I had forgotten to flip the lock on the ball hitch and the trailer had come loose.

Another time I forgot to strap the mower. When I pulled away it simple rolled off and kept rolling down the street. The BRAKE didn’t hold so well.

Helper bought 3 flat packed wardrobe cabinets at Lowes. Very heavy “no need for straps” he said. As he turned to pull onto the street the cardbaord on cardbaord made them super slick and they simply slide off the traiker, onto the street.

Ever notice all the spilled paint where the Lowes exit meets the street?

"That will hold it" LOL I even say that when I'm alone.

And yes, I have lost a few loads over the years. Late teens: metal band broke on a stack of plywood, lost it all over the interstate. That was a mess! At least no other cars were hit.

Lost a refrigerator, washer, and dryer all at the same time, also on the interstate. Tied it down, but cheap tie broke. That was an expensive lesson.