Re: [MV] Trailer Weights / towing jack knife avoidance

From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Wed Jul 27 2005 - 09:42:29 PDT


At 10:36 AM -0500 7/27/05, MV wrote:
>Ah trailer towing - one of my favorite subjects - having been involved in a wreck in my youth involving an out of control 24' travel trailer, too light in the tongue, jack knife on the Penn. turnpike, and a collision with a bridge abuttment.

I just love seeing those pickups with trailers on the back. Front springs are uncompressed, rear springs are down tot he stops, the slightest breeze starts it swaying and I give them 2-3 lanes of room if I can or dart past them and make sure they're not in my rear view mirror. In some cases, I don't know why they don't just take the time to make sure the load is positioned right. In some cases, it seems trivial when it's a vehicle.

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