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LarryJM
Jul 18, 2018Explorer II
donn0128 wrote:
In the past there has been a lot of injuries and deaths in roll over accidents involving the long wheel base vans. I would go with the shorter wheel base and keep your trailer length within reason. If you cannot find a suitable trailer, then you might consider a 2500 crew cab short bed truck.
I think you're mixing up the "extended" Vans especially the 14 passenger Ford Vans with the same wheelbase as the 12 passenger with the actual "longer wheel base" Chevy Vans. And, those I believe were mainly due to carrying max passengers only which "raised" the center of gravity beyond what one would see if the loading was more typical "cargo" type loading.
Also, driver inexperience plays a part here since one has to realize a fully loaded 14 passenger type Van can't take corners like your Porsche 911!.
Larry
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