daytona7
Florida
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[quote=Timbo08]I lost my border collie once! Yes she was tethered on both sides of the bed, but she had been lunging at cars as we passed them, if you know collies especially border collies you know they will chase and herd anything and everything, anyway the tether leash tore off from her collar, we had just exited the freeway, (thank heavens) and I'm checking my mirrors and I see my black and white collie rolling on the shoulder of the road. You know that sick feeling you can get in the pit of your stomach when something really bad or frightening happens? I had it.Quote:
Your lucky and so was the dog. I see too many people riding around with their dogs either tied to a short 4-5 foot leash or untied and in the back of flatbed's with no sides or standing on their tool boxes.
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gnarlykaw
St. louis Mo. U.S.A.
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WOW! so many of us in the same boat! LOL! it's the turbulence thats causing my problem. Trust me, it was a heavy rubbermaid container. Yeah, the heavy drinking DID help me cope with the loss!.
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cabanaman
middleburg florida
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Let's see,hmmm!! a 10 gallon blue tote (ouch), 2 plastic chocks (got bal- chocks anyway) But my lesson is learned.
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1998 dodge ram 3500 SLT laramie dually V10
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gitane59
Ontario, Can
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On one of my first trips out with my first 5ver I put a cooler in the bed of the truck. It was almost empty and very light. Being a newbie I did not understand the turbulence in the bed at highway speeds until I heard something banging around behind me. When I looked in the rear view mirror the cooler was floating around on the air currents, banging into the bed rails and banging into the underside of the 5ver pin. Before I could get the trailer stopped the cooler floater up and out of the bed, banged the front of the 5ver and flew out of the truck entirely smashing on the road behind me.
Lesson learned!!! Never carry anything light in the bed again without tying it down
Cheers Will
2001 Newmar Kountry Star 34BLDS
2001 Ford F350 CC SRW V10
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JustLabs
Washington State
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Haven't lost anything yet. I carry our Lab in a pet porter,a generator,gas cans,8hp outboard,leveling blocks,small shovel,plastic chocks,and firewood.
2007 Dodge Ram 3500 SRW,4x4,Cummins 5.9, 6spd.
2007 Keystone Cougar 289BHS Fifth Wheel.
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N9MB
Indiana
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gnarlykaw,
Just wonder if you have a fiver tail gate. I notice a lot more turbulence with the factory gate installed as my losses in the past rival yours. Once lost the lids off 3 coolers (broke off the hinges) and sucked the water out leaving the ice and beverages. Another time the entire cooler lifted out and went under the fiver and caught on the axle with the contents still intact.
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smkettner
Southern CA
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I lost an empty orange homer bucket once on the way to Pismo. 
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portablevcb
Tijeras, NM
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Yep.
I have a BakFlip that I fold up leaving just the first section down. Secured with a velcro strap.
When I got my hitch I had a bed pad, one of those made out of 1/2" rubber. I cut it into three sections, front, middle between the hitch rails and one behind the hitch. I have a std tailgate. On the first trip I heard a thump from back there. The rear pad lifted out and went on the road. I was lucky it didn't tear anything off the underside of the trailer.
Everything under the remaining portion of the cover stays put, but, it is tied down.
charlie
2006 Toyota Tundra Crew Cab
2003 Skyline Nomad 24ft Fiver
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The Harpers
Carmel, California, USA
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We I have had empty soda cans float in the air. I store my two gens back there in a large plastic container. I rope everythng in place or stack stuff on top of other stuff
Tom and Sydney Harper - Monterey California
2004 HitchHiker II LS 32.5 UKTG
2003 Chevy Durmax Diesel
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rjsurfer
North Carolina
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Don't make light of this issue...
I ride a motorcycle and ANYTHING coming off the bed of a truck can cause me serious harm !
Ron W.
03 Dodge 2500 SRW,SB,EC
2008 Keystone Cougar 245RKS 5th Wheel
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