Forum Discussion
CharlesinGA
Nov 06, 2016Explorer
Anyone who has ever pulled a trailer of any kind, camper, lawn trailer, car trailer, whatever, probably has, at least once, ended up with it loaded too far aft. Its plain scary. More than one car trailer and its cargo has been lost from loading a vehicle backwards on the trailer, putting a huge heavy engine on the rear. I had it happen with a load of fine crush from the quarry on a 5x10 trailer. My old Ranger and trailer weighed 4080 empty that day and I weighed out of the quarry at 9250 lbs. Not my idea, the guy just dumped too much on it and I had no way of moving it or getting it off. Anything over 25 mph and it was all over the place, just like the treadmill video linked to above.
The trailer MUST be loaded correctly, and the vehicle MUST be capable of towing that correctly loaded trailer. Period.
Charles.
The trailer MUST be loaded correctly, and the vehicle MUST be capable of towing that correctly loaded trailer. Period.
Charles.
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