โSep-04-2017 11:19 PM
โSep-17-2017 08:58 AM
Acdii wrote:
I see quite a few arguments regarding tail heavy. If I were to compare trailer loading to my RC planes, maybe it can help clear it up.
A Nose heavy plane lands fast, but lands, a tail heavy plane crashes. On a plane there is a balance point, usually landing on the spar of the wing, or in an area at the spar. For every ounce the tail is heavy, to balance you need 3 to 4 ounces in the nose.
While a Plane and a Travel trailer are completely different things, the one thing both have in common is a balance point, the plane, it is the spar, on the trailer, its the axles. Depending on where the axles are placed on a trailer, can determine the ratio of weight back to front to balance it, or make it tow happy.
Trailers that have a long area behind the axles, weight back there can be critical, for every pound added, you must add 2,3,4 or more pounds up front to compensate. As another poster pointed out, 100 pounds of clothes(really? Thats a lot of clothes) placed rearward can be the making of disaster, but move them forward and all is peachy.
So, the trailer in question appeared to have 128 pounds of stuff hanging off the back, and that can lead to disaster if not compensated for with 150 pounds or more up front.
If the trailers CG is dead center, you could add equal amounts front and back. Would I? Nope, that becomes a fine weighing game. I would always add more to the front to balance than what was put in the rear.
After reading the guys story about the wreck, it just proves what I have stated in several other posts about speeding up to correct sway. Don't! Unless you have a **** load of HP and torque and can do the 1/4 mile in 6.8 seconds, you wont be able to go fast enough to correct it. Knowing what I know about hitches now, if I found a crack in the hitch, I would not have purchased a hitch of lessor means than what is needed. Amazon can deliver to any address, and if I need a few extra days, I would take them in order to have the proper setup to take the rig home.
โSep-17-2017 08:06 AM
โSep-13-2017 06:38 AM
rbpru wrote:
People can and do, tow TTs which any tow vehicle they feel confident with; often never giving it a second thought.
Most will never have an issue but when things go wrong, physics wins. ๐
โSep-10-2017 08:44 PM
dodge guy wrote:Camper G wrote:
While I appreciate the drivers post and understand that stuff happens, the combination of highway speeds, brake failure (his statements) and in my opinion a marginal tow vehicle, improper loading (heavy items on the rear bumper, regardless of weight is not a good idea) was a recipe for disaster.
I'm glad everyone is ok and that's what is most important. Can you tow a rig that long and heavy with an suv? Yes. Should you? I wouldn't personally. To me that rig is at least 2500HD truck or one ton van territory. I like to have more margin than most which improves my chances and safety when bad things happen.
That's an Excursion. A 3/4 ton SUV based on the 3/4-1 ton Super Duty. Vehicle wasn't an issue. Loading was. Your 2500 Ram is basically the same vehicle.
โSep-10-2017 06:16 PM
โSep-10-2017 03:24 PM
Camper G wrote:
While I appreciate the drivers post and understand that stuff happens, the combination of highway speeds, brake failure (his statements) and in my opinion a marginal tow vehicle, improper loading (heavy items on the rear bumper, regardless of weight is not a good idea) was a recipe for disaster.
I'm glad everyone is ok and that's what is most important. Can you tow a rig that long and heavy with an suv? Yes. Should you? I wouldn't personally. To me that rig is at least 2500HD truck or one ton van territory. I like to have more margin than most which improves my chances and safety when bad things happen.
โSep-10-2017 06:09 AM
โSep-09-2017 08:46 PM
โSep-09-2017 03:01 AM
โSep-08-2017 07:24 PM
โSep-07-2017 02:24 PM
Hannibal wrote:
This one appears to have begun with a little help from a passing SUV. He wasn't speeding, doesn't appear to be windy, road looks normal, no evasive maneuver, just oscillation that continued to get worse. I'd bet lunch the owner lightened tongue weight to accommodate the Expedition. Doesn't make him evil, stupid or careless. He may have been ignorant of how little it takes off the tongue to induce sway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miE3MOcqn7E
โSep-07-2017 02:00 PM
โSep-07-2017 01:50 PM
โSep-07-2017 08:11 AM
dodge guy wrote:BS. You simply think tongue weight is the only possible cause of uncontrolled sway. It isn't. The video proves nothing of the sort.
And the owner of the setup in he video states he had plenty of hitch weight, but it's apparrant in the video that is not the case. How can you argue your point when the video proves otherwise?!!