Trailer crash on mountain road.
Yet but another horrific lose of control of RV as seen from the dash cam of a semi-truck. VIDEO http://www.carbuzz.com/news/2017/8/29/Watch-The-Moment-A-Trailer-Trashes-A-Ford-Excursion-At-High-S...
Forum Discussion
Thank you Max for posting this and putting to rest all the ninnies' speculation. And glad to hear everyone walked away.
Having been in similar situations before, everyone should pull the "what the driver did" out of his post and digest it.
Regardless of why the trailer started wagging, he did EVERYTHING correct from my experience.
Hit trailer brakes. Check (but they didn't work)
Try to use the whole road and "follow the sway". Check (didn't have the whole road to use).
Accelerate out of it, last resort. Check ( downhill and it didn't work but was the last option).
So Max, to help others, what do you think the root cause of the sway starting was?
Obviously responsible driver, replaced bad hitch just 122 miles ago.
Like to hear what you think started the mess.
Having been in similar situations before, everyone should pull the "what the driver did" out of his post and digest it.
Regardless of why the trailer started wagging, he did EVERYTHING correct from my experience.
Hit trailer brakes. Check (but they didn't work)
Try to use the whole road and "follow the sway". Check (didn't have the whole road to use).
Accelerate out of it, last resort. Check ( downhill and it didn't work but was the last option).
So Max, to help others, what do you think the root cause of the sway starting was?
Obviously responsible driver, replaced bad hitch just 122 miles ago.
Like to hear what you think started the mess.
