TC hanging over bridge by me...

Probably talking on a cell phone.

Looks like a 28' or 30' trailer, thats way bigger than most enclosed trailers. But he has a dually, doesnt that make him bullet proof?

g0tr00t wrote:

Well....if you zoom in on this picture to max zoom on your browser, I don't see the Torklift bars on the bottom of the truck, but I do see either a shadow from the accident or the little black triangle between the cab and the bed of the Happijac :)

A better view without the width constraint:

noxinnhoj wrote:
correct me if I am wrong,but a t.c. towing a travel trailer,that seems kind of insane to begin with??just wondering because I have never seen it being done and I would never do it...

As long as you are bellow your GCWR and GAWR, what difference does it make what you towing? My enclosed trailer weighs over 3000 lbs empty and is typically scaling between 5000-7000 lbs based on what I carry. I usually come in around 19,000 lbs gross with my 23,000 GCWR truck on large trips. This could just as well been a flat towed car, trailer for extended family, boat or flatbed with machinery.

I had even contemplated keeping my BP TH and getting a light non-slide TC until I added up the hitch weight and payload to realize that I would be over my GAWR even if GCWR was still under...

noxinnhoj wrote:
correct me if I am wrong,but a t.c. towing a travel trailer,that seems kind of insane to begin with??just wondering because I have never seen it being done and I would never do it...

Not really any different than pulling a large enclosed trailer, which plenty of people do.

NRALIFR wrote:
But...........there's no way either one of the drivers side tiedowns could still be connected. The camper has moved too far away from them. It sorta looks like what's keeping it from going over is a combination of the bottom of the camper being wedged in the bed of the truck, and the the passenger side of the camper appears to be resting on part of the bridge concrete structure. That angled surface directly under the camper is a buttress off the side of the bridge I do believe.



:):)

I think it might be 3M VHB tape . :)

But...........there's no way either one of the drivers side tiedowns could still be connected. The camper has moved too far away from them. It sorta looks like what's keeping it from going over is a combination of the bottom of the camper being wedged in the bed of the truck, and the the passenger side of the camper appears to be resting on part of the bridge concrete structure. That angled surface directly under the camper is a buttress off the side of the bridge I do believe.



:):)

g0tr00t wrote:
Well....if you zoom in on this picture to max zoom on your browser, I don't see the Torklift bars on the bottom of the truck, but I do see either a shadow from the accident or the little black triangle between the cab and the bed of the Happijac :)

I believe you are correct.

Brad

correct me if I am wrong,but a t.c. towing a travel trailer,that seems kind of insane to begin with??just wondering because I have never seen it being done and I would never do it...

I wouldn't let this keep me from riding in a TC, People die in the vehicles everyday. However there are very few people indeed that would be hauling me. It all boils down to traffic and road conditions, weather, speed at which you are traveling, Drivers years of experience. I don't trust just anyone driving me when Im up front buckled in.