One time in the Marine Corps, we were debarking from an LST. To those who haven't been there and done that, offloading from the main deck of an LST involves going down a rather steep ramp close to 100 feet long.
A Staff Sergeant started down the ramp driving a Jeep with an equipment trailer hooked onto the pintle hitch on the back of the Jeep. About half way down, it became apparent the trailer weighed considerably more than the Jeep. After a wild ride down the ramp, the whole works came to a stop at the bottom with the tongue of the trailer sticking straight up, holding the rear end of the Jeep several feet off the deck.
No damage was done, but I suspect the Staff Sergent driving the Jeep had to change his skivvies at the earliest opportunity.
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