The driver of a Chevrolet Silverado was pulled over in Norfolk County, about two hours west of Toronto, Ontario, for using his truck to tow a full-size semi-truck trailer.

Photos posted by the Ontario Provincial Police on their Facebook page show the 53-foot trailer was attached by a crude pin system, which somehow took the weight and stress without breaking.

The vehicle also had a rudimentary air braking system installed, but we’re not certain it’s hooked up to the brakes themselves. This means the truck’s brakes may have been stopping the entire weight of the trailer — yikes!

Wait? What! Driver of pickup truck charged after #OPP stopped the vehicle pulling a 53 foot trailer down the roadway in… Posted by Ontario Provincial Police – West Region on Thursday, December 19, 2019

The vehicle pulling the trailer was a mid-2000s Chevrolet Silverado, and it wasn’t even a dually. The tow rating for a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado is at most 8,600 pounds, and as some keen commenters have noted, a trailer that size weighs about 12,000 pounds unloaded — and who knows what he was carrying.

There are plenty of companies who make fifth wheel kits to put in the beds of trucks in order to make towing a trailer of this size a little more feasible, but they can get expensive, and it’s pretty clear the perpetrator in this situation just didn’t have the change to do it properly.

The OPP doesn’t state what the ticket was specifically issued for, but we can bet it came with a hefty fine.