Ute driver’s insane act caught by police

Holiday makers like to push the limits when loading up the car but this driver takes it to the next level with an insane act that soon drew the attention of authorities.

Holiday-makers will often tow a box trailer to fit their bikes and boogie boards but this ute driver has taken it to a new level.

Last week police in Ontario, Canada, pulled over a ute driver towing a semi trailer.

Chevy Silverado driver caught towing semi-trailer in Canada. Source: Ontario Provincial Police Facebook.

The driver was caught in Norfolk County, south of Toronto, hauling the reportedly 16-metre long trailer with a Chevy Silverado.

Ontario Police said no one was injured.

The Chevy Silverado is bigger than utes popular with Australians such as the Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger.

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HSV imports the Silverado 2500 and converts it to right hand drive for Australia. That vehicle is rated to tow just less than 6000kg, far less than the potential weight of a semi-trailer.

Even more concerning was the homemade connection joining the ute with the trailer, which appears to be some welded metal bars and a few chains and some small pins.

Many people doubt the ability for the pin to hold the trailer in place for very long. Source: Ontario Provincial Police Facebook.

Several commenters on Facebook noted that there is a lack of air brakes meaning the ute was doing all the work stopping the freight train.

And they also noted stress on the homemade connection would have been extremely dangerous and most likely would have ended in it snapping and the trailer running loose.

The set-up is believed to not have any functioning air brakes. Source: Ontario Provincial Police Facebook.

Others were impressed by the man’s MacGyver-like skills in connecting the trailer to the ute and amazed that the Chevy was actually pulling it down the road when the driver was caught.

This isn’t the first time home mechanics have had a crack at some dodgy modifications.

In July this year a man in Western Sydney was caught by NSW Police Highway Patrol with a very unusual engine modification.

NSW Police pulled over a driver who had fitted a Black and Decker leaf blower to his engine. Photo: NSW Traffic and Highway Patrol Facebook page.

The 35-year-old male driver had attached a Black and Decker leaf blower to the engine of his white Holden Commodore to act as a makeshift supercharger.

The blower was wired to the engine battery in order to blow air into the engine according to NSW Police.

The driver informed the police that the homemade modification was meant to boost the engine’s performance.

A normal supercharger is used in performance cars. It pumps extra air into the engine so that it can burn more fuel and produce more power.

It is unknown whether the leaf blower increased the car’s performance at all.

NSW Police highway patrol bust a Holden Commodore without a seat. Picture: NSW Police Facebook Page.

And last year a Gosford man on the Central Coast of NSW was busted driving a race-ready Holden Commodore on public roads without a windscreen and while using a stool as a seat.

Another example of wacky mechanical modifications was produced by Russian YouTube channel Garage 54. In this instance the mechanics replaced a tyre with 18 coke bottles taped together and wrapped around an alloy wheel.

And surprisingly the coke-bottle solution appeared to work, albeit at extremely low speeds.

Originally published as Ute driver’s insane act caught by police