What can happen without enough tongue weight?

BB_TX wrote:

Ivylog wrote:

BB_TX wrote:
Are these your guesses and assumptions? Or somehow based on facts actually known about this particular incident. It is not uncommon at all for someone distracted to run into the back of a vehicle parked on the shoulder of the highway.

Thanks for your post...I did not post this in the 5er section for a reason: I believe I covered that with this at the bottom of my post: "This post is my opinion (free advice). It is not intended to influence anyone's judgment nor do I advocate anyone do what I propose."
I made the same mistake 40+ years ago...putting to much weight in the back of a single axle 21' Airstream trailer. At 45 MPH the fun began BUT I put on the trailer brakes creating more tongue weight and then slowed down only using the trailer brakes. Moving half (200lbs) of what I'd put in the back to the front solved the problem.

Maybe you missed this at the bottom: These two bits of info...Apple Valley man and Stoddard Wells road plus Google Maps and knowing lack of tongue weight shows up once you get above 45-50 MPH leads to the following. They got on I-15 (exit 154) and in less than 1.5 miles (access road on east side) they lost control and slammed into the park semi trailer that was well of the road.

PS: I've also slept at a Holiday Inn.:B

Apparently I do have a problem with my vision. I re-read your post and see nothing about a statement of it being your opinion.

And it always amazes me how someone can look at a picture and tell right away exactly to the detail of what happened. There are no pictures to show if there are any tire marks leading up to the crash as you would expect with severe fishtailing. No eye witness reports of the rig fishtailing. Nothing at all of known facts immediately before the event. And yet is "obvious" what happened. Are y'all crash investigators? :S

Your theory could very well be correct. Or. He could have spilled his coffee in his lap, drifted off the road in an attempt to clean it up at the worst possible moment, saw his error, swerved hard to the left to avoid a crash, but too late. :(

I would agree with Ivylog, looks to be a Ram 2500 or 3500 SRW, small light trailer with heavy object aft of the rear bumper. The law of physics, would support his theory, and the way the trailer contacted the TV. The driver could figure way more than enough TV so let’s roll!