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| Don/TX
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Two Dogs just called on his way home, his tow dolly carrying his 280Z came loose from the bus, continued down the road until it hit a street sweeper in the construction zone. Shortened the Z car a couple feet from the rear, tow dolly may not be useable either. He hated the damn tow dolly anyway. | ||
| Greg Roberts (Gregeagle20)
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I had no idea that Two Dogs went for those fancy foreign sports jobs. Was the tow dolly from Japan too? | ||
| Jim Stewart (H3jim)
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damn, sorry to hear about that. | ||
| Don/TX
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I got ahold of Jim and my daughter in Victoria (Jimcat), he is on the way out to find him and get the mess off the road for him. Jim has a trailer and lots of room to park wrecks. Two Dogs is shook up, takes a lot to shake him up. | ||
| Don/TX
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No Greg, it was from Belgium, no wait a minute, that was the Eagle, no the Eagle was a Brownsville Eagle, sure can get confused these days. Tow dolly was homemade I think. | ||
| CoryDaneRTS Rating: N/A |
2dogs, hope you and your family is ok. Sorry to hear this kind of news... But for reference, is there any information as to what caused the failure? If the Ball come loose, broken shaft on ball, hitch device failure????? Why did the chain not hold? Or vice versa??? I use a tow dolly so I am very interested in the specifics if we can get 2Dogs to talk about it. I am also putting in one of those self contained breaking systems which, in theory, will lessen the ability to cause widespread damage. (BreakAway interlock). I chose self contained because I tow behind a couple of different vehicles and an air assisted braking system was not an option. Sorry to hear of such a calamity when someone is on the road. We all like to keep things smoothy! cd | ||
| Don/TX
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The way he explained it to me, seems the flipper lever on the hitch lost its security bolt, and it came loose from the ball, not sure if he had a safety chain or not (Bet the cop raised hell if he didn't). Last I heard he was going to sleep on my daughters couch for the night, right beside the computer, so would expect him to fill you in shortly (if he is not too embarassed). | ||
| akrom Rating: N/A |
Betcha he fergot to put the bolt in akrom | ||
| H3 (Ace)
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I pull a trailer quite often when going racing and have heard stories of this same exact thing happening from fellow racers. That's why I always use a tonque lock and 2 safety chains! A GOOD lock TOO!! Sorry for your mis-fortune 2Dogs! Ace | ||
| captain ron (Captain_ron)
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I bet his " NUTS" came loose..... Remember the picture some one posted of TwoDogs hitch? Actualy sorry to hear this.... Hope your still up to verbaly abusing me  | ||
| Shel rands5302 Rating: N/A |
Two Dogs Sweetie are you OK? Tell me your still out there. I wouldnt know what to do with out you LOLA | ||
| Don/TX
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As of now he has a bus in a Wal Mart lot, wrecked car in my daughters drive, and he is about to crash for the night there I guess. Think Jim took the dolly home with him. All settled down for the night! | ||
| Mike (Busone)
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Did the cops show up? When my brother in law wrecked his car we towed it out of there and told nobody. I hope everything turns out ok. Hang in there. Mike | ||
| Don/TX
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Yeah, the cops arrived while I was speaking to him on the phone. Dunno what they said yet. | ||
| ChuckMC9 (Chucks)
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OH MAN! I knew he was going to be heading out of there any day now and guessed he was on the road because of no recent posts. Two Dogs, you didn't need that kind of grief. I'm glad it didn't hit a passenger vehicle. Just keep telling yourself, "That which does not kill us makes us stronger." If you need anything when you get closer north, let me know. You got my number. -c | ||
| TWO DOGS Rating: N/A |
two dogs fine...280zx a p.o.s. was a neat little car...bout the only thing left is thew turbo engine and trans...still screwed up in the head...supposed to meet a girlfriend in belton...then one in waco and maybe one in Dallas...know they will all be heartbroken...I'll get around to them...will figure out what to do with the 280 in the morning...the Eagle is parked on Wal-mart...Victoria...the bed is calling me nite all | ||
| TWO DOGS Rating: N/A |
the hitch came loose...chains were hooked up...it ripped the plate off that the chains were fastened to....got a ticket for safety chains not hooked properly | ||
| TWO DOGS Rating: N/A |
OHHHHHH LOLA.......xoxo | ||
| Jim (Jim_in_california)
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Oh God. Well at least nobody was hurt. Street sweepers are built like brick outhouses, very unlikely the pilot of one was injured by a Z-car impact. | ||
| Jim (Jim_in_california)
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>>the hitch came loose<< Yeah, I can see that happening. I've been concerned about the hitch situations on all these rear-engine buses. Some people have done them up right with a cradle going all the way under the motor and back to the rear suspension points which are dead solid. Still gives you problems in terms of vertical loads at the ball but flat-towing, something like this is borderline impossible. The Bluebirds/Wanderlodges (front engines) seem to have THE best hitch possibilities, period, end of discussion with heavy unbroken frame rails going right to the back bumper. | ||
| John that newguy Rating: N/A |
Oh jeeeez "supposed to meet a girlfriend in belton...then one in waco and maybe one in Dallas...know they will all be heartbroken" Yeah. Yer breakin' hearts all over..... (*green with envy) Glad to hear yer OK, man. Dats all dat counts. | ||
| Lin Rating: N/A |
The word "girlfriend" sounds like we are talking about an 18 year old. I suppose we can stretch the term up to 30 or so, but above that we need to look for another word. When we are talking about a 50 or 60 year old, you might start using the term "female companion." I think that is covered in laws that deal with truth in fantasy. | ||
| John that newguy Rating: N/A |
Ha... "When we are talking about a 50 or 60 year old, you might start using the term "female companion."" Semantics, Lin.... Just semantics.. In TD's case, it's going down the river without an old oar.... | ||
| James Maxwell (Jmaxwell)
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Most unfortunate, but fortunately no one was injured, except for those three unfortunate "female companion girlfriends" who will now spend the rest of their natural lives with deep-seated feelings of deprevation. | ||
| Pat Bartlett (Muddog16)
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Glad to hear your ok TwoDogs, send me a mailing address, i have a tow lock the price is right i keep 3 or 4 of them handy......its a pretty anodized critter too........ Pat | ||
| jimmci9 @2 Rating: N/A |
kinda exciting night..... had 2 messages on my cell....didn't recognize the numbers... so i listened to the messages... 2dogs calling to tell me he had a wreck, then jennie's husband (don ks/tx's son-in-law) calling me to tell me 2dogs was had problems and was looking for me...i returned 2dogs' call.. and started looking... he didn't really know where he was....and as victoria has road construction and new road signs, i took off... wrong direction, of course....after about 40 miles of driving, i called 911....city cops hadn't any info so they switched me to the tx dps... they knew!!!!... i was about 8 miles away at this point... finally found him.... the coupler had come unlatched, safety chains had ripped off and the 280zx and tow tolly were sitting in a constuction zone median.... i called a wrecker, we jerked the dolly from under the mangled z-car, loaded the car on the wrecker..its after dark now..... some lady pulls up and parks, blocking trafiic (maybe 2dogs future new girlfriend maybe)..and want to know if we needed the cops....told her no, but she called them anyway.. so here comes victoria's finest.... we're out of the city limits, but whattheheck, its a slow night....i guess our mangled-looking little group wasn't convincing....(me, 2dogs, and 2 bikers, and the wrecker driver) finally left the crime scene.. .lol....i towed the car dolly. had 2dogs follow me to wal-mart, where we left the eagle... and went to jennie's house to pay the wrecker driver and let 2dogs use the computer so all you guys could contribute to this madness!!!!... we took pics, visited and i took 2dogs back to his eagle.... got home about midnite..... lotsa fun.... moral??? not any....info??? buy a gps so you can tell searchers where you are!!!! | ||
| Mike (Busone)
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Glad to hear you are ok and that nobody got hurt. At least it was only a street sweeper. The important thing here is the bus is ok. | ||
| Brian (Bigbusguy)
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Twodogs, Thats bad news sorry to hear that. Im just glad no one was hurt. I hope when you have time to get over this you can post some pic's of what the chains bust off so others here can learn form this . Maybe your bad may help someone form having the same thing happen. I going to relook over my safety chain set up and buy a lock for the hitch latch. I have heard about kids lifting the uncoupler lever just for kicks or if you have bikes or motor cycles on the back undoing the tie downs when your parked . Brian 4905 Vancouver WA. | ||
| Sean Mormelo (Sventvkg)
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Damn Dogs....Sorry for your accident but i'm glad you or anyone else wasn't hurt. It Could have been a catastrophe.... Out of curiosity,did you have a breaking system with a breakaway hooked up? | ||
| Ian Giffin (Admin)
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Jennie (DonTX/KS daughter) sent these:   Thanks, Jennie. You're very good to us here on the board. We all appreciate you sending these pix. Ian www.busnut.com | ||
| JOhn that newguy Rating: N/A |
I@n... Are those the "before", or "after" pictures? Hey TD.... Real sorry to see it happen to ya', man. | ||
| Daveand Mel Rating: N/A |
Hey 2dogs -sorry about the Z! Glad you are OK, and that the bus is too! Towing is no fun. Our sailboat tried to pass us on I-90 in WA. the only thing that stopped it was the safety chain, then the tongue jammed into our fiberglass truck fender and lodged onto our tire. Sorry we didn't take pictures! | ||
| Don/TX
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If it weren't for bad luck, Two Dogs wouldn't have any luck at all. Last report, second hand information is that when he decided to ditch the pieces of car and dolly and head North, when he started the bus a dead o'possom dropped out of the engine compartment! Problem was however, the critter decided to commit suicide by running himself between the fan belts and pulley, derailing the belts! Two Dogs was absent from his parking spot this evening however, so must have gotten them back in the grooves. | ||
| Mike (Busone)
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Dang, he must be related to me with that kind of luck. | ||
| Don/TX
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I am recalling now that he always had a little black cloud over his head that was raining, for the old timers that used to read the "Lil Abner" comic strip. | ||
| John that newguy Rating: N/A |
Yeah..... always rainin'.... (Joe Btfsplk in Lil' Abner). Hell, TD had good luck. It didn't kill anyone or do serious damage. A car and tow dolly can be fixed or replaced.. Coulda' happened on the turnpike at 65-70... | ||
| ChuckMC9 (Chucks)
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I just spoke to him to see if he was making any progress................ ...and wouldn't you know, he was halfway home, and sure enough, visiting a blonde!...sounded like he wanted to get back to her instead of wasting time jawbonin' with a dumb busnut. All seems to be well. | ||
| John that newguy Rating: N/A |
I hope TD doesn't knock -her- up..... too... | ||
| Michael Lewis (Puffbus)
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TD...about those ladies...leave a couple numbers and we will take care of that part for you....glad you are ok Michael | ||
| Lew Poppleton (Lewpopp)
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I'm new to this site. Sorry about " TWO DOGS " and his problems......but.. Isn't the name of TWODOGS only part of a name? I believe that it comes from some indian name. Fill us in, please | ||
| Cliff (Floridacracker)
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Lew, "TWODOGS" or "DOSDOGS" Comes from and old indian phrase "One who gives out Bowling Shoes" Cliff | ||
| Jim (Jim_in_california)
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Reminds me of the sequel to "Hello, Dolly". Yup. "Goodbye, Dolly"... | ||
| BrianMCI Rating: N/A |
Two Dogs himself refered to his name as coming from an old joke, I think it was the one concerning two "interconnected" dogs and what the Indian chief named one of his sons... AND I believe TwoD said it was his father's nickname for him. But after seeing what he did to that nice old Z-car YIKES, my honey and I vote for a new name Capt. Crash | ||
| Don/TX
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If you want that "nice old Z car" Brian, it is on that auction site we don't talk about here, no bids yet at $.99 starting! | ||
| ChuckMC9 (Chucks)
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Better hurry, or TD will change his mind and have the parts shipped to him to weld on to his bus. An Eagle with a louvered fastback? | ||
| TWODOGS (Twodogs)
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turbo z car engine for a generator... HEY....TWO DOGS back online ...two of the three women happy & smilein,...Two Dogs back at the ranch north of Amarillo...WEEEEEEEEEEE | ||
| Don/TX
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Well THAT sure didn't take long! | ||
| John that newguy Rating: N/A |
TD- When's the next trip? I got a lemon of a van I'd like ya' to take along... Hey.. seriously... Glad to see ya' so upbeat in spite of the loss! | ||
| ChuckMC9 (Chucks)
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two out of three - hmmm, beats my record lately. ;) | ||
| lewpoppwoody
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Brian...I think you've got the answer to the origination of Twodogs. Need not go any further. I have to get off of this sight to drop my sister " RUNNING DEER " a line. | ||
| Ian Giffin (Admin)
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Two Dogs sent these pictures to me and says they were taken about 10 minutes after the crash...   Thanks, Two Dogs, glad you're ok. Ian www.busnut.com | ||
| Ian Giffin (Admin)
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This is what it would have looked like if the Datsun was towing the Eagle when the hitch broke loose!!!  Ian www.busnut.com | ||
| T. (Bluegrass)
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Ian Two Dogs Eagle dont look good In this position. Tony | ||
| TWODOGS (Twodogs)
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MY BAAAABY ....................... | ||
| Don/TX
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Absolutely wonderful Ian, just loved it. Who was it that said the only good Eagle is a Dead Eagle? | ||
| TWO DOGS Rating: N/A |
that was about YANKEES | ||
| ChuckMC9 (Chucks)
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Now THAT's GOOD, I@N!!! | ||
| Ian Giffin (Admin)
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Ahh! The magic of computers... The one above is a marriage of these two...   Ian www.busnut.com | ||
| TWODOGS (Twodogs)
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the mighty "HE WHO RULES"...can turn buses over with only his bare hands | ||
| John that newguy Rating: N/A |
Like Hell.... he forced a mouse to do it... | ||
| ChuckMC9 (Chucks)
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But the mouse went along gleefully in this case, in the capable hands of a true merry prankster! | ||
| John that newguy Rating: N/A |
Yeah, He did a great job! I just hated to say it, it goes right to his head.. | ||
| TWODOGS (Twodogs)
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I'll trade ya' a dead possum for that magic mouse I@N..... |