Jeep GC and TT Towing Assistance
Hi all I'm new to this forum and the travel trailer thing. We just bought a Winnebago Micro Minnie with a weight of 3010 and I have a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee V6-Pentastar 290hp 3.6L engine. I bought ...
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Not really sure how anyone can "plan" for a worst case scenario???
In my experience, it's HOW you drive that is the bigger determinator on how an emergency stop plays out than WHAT you are driving. Just using that example as it seems to be the most common cautionary scenario used here.
I've had two different 'encounters' with yahoos merging onto Interstates in front of me and then slamming on brakes. I always leave a huge gap between me and traffic ahead of me for such occurrences.
The first time I was in a 1/2 ton that was pretty much loaded to Max. Was I able to avoid the accident? Yes.
Second time I was in my Ram 3500 loaded WELL below every rating. Was I able to avoid the accident? Yes.
Was one of these occurernces 'easier' than the other to handle? NO. They both scared the **** out of me.
It was a good thing on both occurrences that I had left my travelling gap as big as it was...which, as we all know, is almost impossible for yahoos to resist inserting themselves into :)
Now, if one of the yahoos had clipped the front of one of my trucks and sent me into a jack-knife or the like at highway speeds??? I would have been in trouble, regardless of how well I had planned.
Not trying to be inflammatory at all, just trying to add a bit of perspective.
To the OP. Drive safely and enjoy your camping :)
In my experience, it's HOW you drive that is the bigger determinator on how an emergency stop plays out than WHAT you are driving. Just using that example as it seems to be the most common cautionary scenario used here.
I've had two different 'encounters' with yahoos merging onto Interstates in front of me and then slamming on brakes. I always leave a huge gap between me and traffic ahead of me for such occurrences.
The first time I was in a 1/2 ton that was pretty much loaded to Max. Was I able to avoid the accident? Yes.
Second time I was in my Ram 3500 loaded WELL below every rating. Was I able to avoid the accident? Yes.
Was one of these occurernces 'easier' than the other to handle? NO. They both scared the **** out of me.
It was a good thing on both occurrences that I had left my travelling gap as big as it was...which, as we all know, is almost impossible for yahoos to resist inserting themselves into :)
Now, if one of the yahoos had clipped the front of one of my trucks and sent me into a jack-knife or the like at highway speeds??? I would have been in trouble, regardless of how well I had planned.
Not trying to be inflammatory at all, just trying to add a bit of perspective.
To the OP. Drive safely and enjoy your camping :)
