Alert Observing VERY dangerous travel trailer towing

[STANDERSON]

Think there might have been any other reason they trailer was loaded like that? Maybe he already dropped one off?

 

[Kevin D Pem]

Think there might have been any other reason they trailer was loaded like that? Maybe he already dropped one off?

I was thinking loading locally but unloading works. t'is speculation anyhow. It is good to notice the trailer is not on it's side as it would be if it had genuinely tipped over because it was top heavy. So many things wrong with the narrative, to think it was anything other than wanting to have a pic of a foolish event.

 

[GypsyR]

Ah. So next time I have the urge to post a gratuitous picture for the edutainment of others I should do it where it doesn't offend the fine sensibilities of this forum. Got it.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

Yah, I got a hoot out of the picture. Probably would have served better on the thread "signs of the times " though.
I am the kind of guy that sees the fake stuff, always have, if it makes no sense I'm on it. Sorry I offended you.

 

[GypsyR]

I don't feel offended, just seemed a strange vibe there. Not a problem. I'm on another forum where the unofficial motto is "there is no thread we can't derail" so slightly wandering topics offend my sensibilities not one whit. I can see how others might not feel the same way and prefer things to stay more on the straight and narrow.

 

[91CavGT]

I’m a former car hauler mechanic. But I worked on the 18 wheeler ones, not the ones pulled by a 1 ton truck. If you have a lazy floriferous that has to make multiple stops to unload cars, most times they will not take the time to move the remaining cars down to the bottom level. And on most of them, you can’t unload the top cars while the bottom level is full.


I will admit to not towing safely a time or two in the past. But I knew it and so I did what I could to mitigate the risk. Things like staying in the right lane and not going faster than 60 mph even though the power was there to do 75, slowing down way before my exit to ensure there was more than enough stopping distance, and maintaining at least 2 school bus lengths between me and the person in front of me. Those choices that I made in the past, to be blunt, were dumb choices. I will no longer do anything like that again.


With our current RV, it is borderline 3/4 ton towable, primarily due to the hitch weight. So when we buy a new truck to tow it, the truck WILL be a 1 ton.

 

["EZ"]

Nothing wrong with the vehicles, its the operators and drivers. The car hauler builder would never tell the drivers to load cars only on the top and drive really fast around corners. You can't fix stupid.

Well said!

 

[CDTLSB]

I wrote about my experience, in another thread, with my F150 purchase last year. The salesmen was adamant i was good towing up to #13,000--13Klbs. We had a big trip to Yellowstone/Tetons planned out and after talking to several of you, on this very forum, i realized i may have made a huge mistake. My wife/i took a 'test' trip to Florida, from our east Texas home, to test the towing travel. We had gone no further than about 90 miles my wife says "you're gonna need a bigger boat"!HAHA. Tail wagging the dog. We never would've made it in the Wyoming mountains/let alone Teton pass. LESSON LEARNED-i talked to a LOT of you on this forum, did the research, some seasoned engineers where i work and realized either the TT goes or the truck--we bought a bigger/stronger(diesel) truck that is exactly what was required for our trailer--slightly more but better than less. THANK YOU to a lot of you who put it out there honestly about payload capacities, towing, and most importantly safety.
P.S> recently my wife/I were so bored we stopped into a RV shop down south just to look; the salesman was putting on the big sales pitch and told me the 5th wheeler we were looking at was perfect for the F250 6.7 we were driving. He wanted a sale--and eitherr didn't know or care it was about #1500 over the F250's GCVW. BE CAREFUL FOLKS

Hi, so I have the the same diesel truck and have been shoping for a 5th wheel. Everyone, I mean everyone has told me that that the f250 6.7 can tow anything! So that in itself is not true. So what shoudl I be looking for? We are planning and traveling for about two years in this and traveling the US and Canada. It needs to be big enough for that but now I am questioning what I am looking for. I am researching a lot but woudl appreciate any insite that you may have.
Thanks

 

["EZ"]

Hi, so I have the the same diesel truck and have been shoping for a 5th wheel. Everyone, I mean everyone has told me that that the f250 6.7 can tow anything! So that in itself is not true. So what shoudl I be looking for? We are planning and traveling for about two years in this and traveling the US and Canada. It needs to be big enough for that but now I am questioning what I am looking for. I am researching a lot but woudl appreciate any insite that you may have.
Thanks

When people say the F250 diesel can tow anything they are telling you the truth. The problem is that in real life the truck needs to be able to STOP the load too! It also needs to be stable enough for adverse conditions. You are not always towing on level ground on a sunny day, right? Your truck needs to be able to hold it's ground during an evasive maneuver like when someone swerves into your lane or when a deer jumps in front of you or during a thunderstorm with 30 mph side winds or when you blow a tire at 70 MPH. The closer you are to the maximum payload or towing capacity of your truck, the more likely it is that you will wreck when something unexpected happens and you have to take evasive actions. In other words you can never buy too much truck!

 

[Joe Hogan]

There are some basics to trailer towing, much has to do with weight distribution