Video of TT flips over on Parkway Monday

Acdii wrote:
Here is a much clearer video

HD vid


After looking at it, that trailer looks closer to 35' than 30. My coleman is 28' and ends roughly in the middle of the back windows in comparison. I have a decent eye for measurements and sometimes surprise myself when I get something centered exact. If you look at the axles, there is a lot of overhang both in front and behind them. It also is a slider unit with an outdoor kitchen under the rear bunk. That is not a light trailer, and it is too much trailer for that SUV.


Not knowing the options on that SUV, which looks like maybe a 2008 MY, if it has 4wd, or if it has the heavy duty tow package, but if it doesn't have the HDTP then it is limited to 6K pounds, and if 4WD with it, then 9050 pounds.

I doubt weight is the limiting factor, though that trailer looks like it is right there at the edge of over weight, but the length is definitely more than that SUV should have been pulling.

The key factor is, it only has a 119" wheel base. My F150 has 145" wheel base, and even that would not be enough for me to be comfortable towing a trailer over 30' long, though properly setup with a WDH and sway control, it will tow it as long as it doesn't exceed payload. The longer the wheel base, the more stable the TV will be when sway is induced.

The way I see it, it is a combination of not enough TV, improper weight distribution, and lack of tow experience that caused this wreck.

Ouch yeah - that's definitely longer than my 30' - which doesn't have the options you mentioned (does have single slide tho). My axles are almost in the middle, and I still have a 615lb TW. The axles are much further back, and heavier trailer - that thing (regardless of overall weight) looks like it could be ~800+lb TW.

As I mentioned in my last post at end of other page, the overhang on the Expedition seems very long. Lots of lateral and vertical leverage.

I still wonder how $hit got so out of hand randomly, but I guess we might never know. Every time I watch it, about 5 seconds in I want to SCREAM "tap trailer brakes!"

EDIT: As someone else mentioned, it's clear that something else had to have been going on already. This person seemed very intent on filming whatever was going on with that trailer, BEFORE this incident began.

EDIT2: One article claims the person filming had been following for 5 miles and that the driving / sway was already concerning to him.