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
bikendan wrote:
I agree on the assessment on the Anderson for larger trailers.
IMHO, it's a great choice for 25' or less trailers.
But I don't think it's a good choice for 30' or bigger trailers.
^^^ Agree with this. Really poor choice for a WDH for a 35' TT IMHO.
One of the WDHs with integral sway control like Equal-i-zer, Reese DC, etc. would have been a good choice. Also, generally not a good idea to get a hitch shop or RV dealer to recommend and/or install any WDH. I like the Reese DC because of it's pro-active self-centering action and it wants to snap back into line with the truck. From what I've read, the Anderson is only good up to around 600 lbs of TW. The TW of the Keystone 31BH is likely around 1200-1500 lbs. I would guess the Excursion was well over it's payload capacity with passengers, 130 lb dog and camping related "stuff".
We've got the Reese DC and I have towed thousand of miles all over the place up & down the west coast and never feel sway and always feel 100% in control from interstates to twisty mountain roads. But it's more than just a WDH brand/type. It's about setting it up properly, having correct spring bar ratings, having correct tire pressure in TV & TT tires, having LT tires on the TV, having the TT level to slightly nose down, etc. - it's an overall package of different things. Took me a full season of playing around with all the variables to get it optimized and wasn't until I adjusted the TT to slightly nose down that I finally got it.
Curious if the owner or anyone else at least ever checked the before & after front fender height or inflated tires to correct psi? It's also always good idea to take a TV & TT to a scale and get weights to know where you stand on wts. & capacities. It's also a good idea for all TT owners to learn how to properly set up a WDH. Excellent sticky info. in the towing forum.
Glad that nobody got seriously injured or worse. Far too many unhelpful comments in the numerous threads out there as well as some sick individuals in this world.
