Camper rollover-please be careful

[Crowe]

http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/boston-south/photos-camper-rollover-along-interstate-495/-/9848842/21...

[jerem0621]

#40Fan wrote:
It is a Lincoln Aviator. Same as an Explorer.

That's what I thought too. Probably had five people in it or more. And it's a pretty long trailer. A navigator would have been much more substantial.

With that said this thread is degrading to an undersized tow vehicle. But we see properly sized TV's as well.

Stuff just Happens sometimes.

I'm glad no one was hurt.

[_40Fan]

It is a Lincoln Aviator. Same as an Explorer.

[Specularius]

gcloss wrote:

legolas wrote:

gcloss wrote:
I sit in the campground every Friday night and Sunday afternoon watching the parade of rigs coming and going. I see so many SUV's pulling 32' TTs and it scares me to think about them going down the highway at 60 mph.

60 ?, most of those bozos are going 70......the same crowd that wants to paint reasonable folks as the weight police

This is what was next to me last weekend. A Chevy Tahoe pulling a Jayco Eagle Super Lite 314BDS @ 9250 lbs. GVW and 35'3" long. WD hitch (very cheap) and no sway control.

This is a typical accident waiting to happen on the highway.SUV & Big Trailer

Looks to me they are using an Equalizer brand hitch. It has built in sway control with four points of friction. A very good hitch.

[Dave_E]

gcloss wrote:
This is what was next to me last weekend. A Chevy Tahoe pulling a Jayco Eagle Super Lite 314BDS @ 9250 lbs. GVW and 35'3" long. WD hitch (very cheap) and no sway control.

This is a typical accident waiting to happen on the highway.SUV & Big Trailer

the magic words are "super lite" able to be towed by a Volkswagen over the highest mountains and deepest valleys and sharpest curves at the fastest speed ...
I am being sarcastic that is not a good set up

[gcloss]

legolas wrote:

gcloss wrote:
I sit in the campground every Friday night and Sunday afternoon watching the parade of rigs coming and going. I see so many SUV's pulling 32' TTs and it scares me to think about them going down the highway at 60 mph.

60 ?, most of those bozos are going 70......the same crowd that wants to paint reasonable folks as the weight police

This is what was next to me last weekend. A Chevy Tahoe pulling a Jayco Eagle Super Lite 314BDS @ 9250 lbs. GVW and 35'3" long. WD hitch (very cheap) and no sway control.

This is a typical accident waiting to happen on the highway.SUV & Big Trailer

[legolas]

gcloss wrote:
I sit in the campground every Friday night and Sunday afternoon watching the parade of rigs coming and going. I see so many SUV's pulling 32' TTs and it scares me to think about them going down the highway at 60 mph.

60 ?, most of those bozos are going 70......the same crowd that wants to paint reasonable folks as the weight police

[Bumpyroad]

John S. wrote:
One of the things that lead me to my Foretravel was seeing one after it rolled down an embankment after the toad was hit in the rear by a truck. The people walk out and the coach was still in one piece and no cabinets came off the wall. They got to drive it back to TX and there it was totaled but the people were ok. I know BLuebird is similar as well as Prevost too. You pay extra for that type of construction and hope you never need it but it does make for a wonderful driving coach.

years back a fella at a Foretravel dealer on the North side of Houston was demonstrating the cabinetry and he was sitting below a cabinet, reached up, grabbed the floor of the cabinet and lifted himself up off the seat.
bumpy

[John_S_]

One of the things that lead me to my Foretravel was seeing one after it rolled down an embankment after the toad was hit in the rear by a truck. The people walk out and the coach was still in one piece and no cabinets came off the wall. They got to drive it back to TX and there it was totaled but the people were ok. I know BLuebird is similar as well as Prevost too. You pay extra for that type of construction and hope you never need it but it does make for a wonderful driving coach.

[rhagfo]

This is in the comments that go with the story.

Michelle Grutchfield
• 10 hours ago

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My husband works for Achins, the tow company that was out there picking it up. He said all the passengers were ok and just a bit banged up. From what he told me the driver tried going around a military convoy.. and when they were speeding up to pass the convoy is when they lost control. I guess they were from Ontario Canada.. they had just bought the camper for their trip here. It was a 2014 Camper being pulled by a 2003 Lincoln Navigator.

Rig look a little small to be a Navigator.

[DSteiner51]

1. It is not illegal in many states
2. The build of a trailer and motor home are much the same.
3. Around here locally we have had zero deaths from either a motor home or trailer but 15 this year from cars and trucks so it is proof that cars and trucks are extremely dangerous and should never be ridden in. Even motorcycles and Amish buggies have a much better record. :R
4. The advantage of those killed in cars and trucks are that they are "legally dead?"

[DiskDoctr]

Happy to see the caption saying no serious injuries.

IMHO, more than making a statement that it is unsafe to ride in trailers, I think the accident makes the statement that although we may be "on vacation" we should not relax our concentration on the roadways.

[mdcamping]

Veebyes wrote:
OK, how did that happen? Wind? Not enough TV? Collision? Wet road? Inexperience towing? Texting? Speed? Mechanical failure?

Messy.

Probably all of the above

Mike

[wintersun]

I am surprised that there are so few accidents with people pulling trailers on the highway. Most survive in spite of themselves and do not begin to leave enough space between their vehicle and the one ahead and most drivers do not anticipate onramp traffic and allow for merging which is going to occur. Add in the use of cell phones and people, even pro truckers, texting as they drive and it is a wonder that there are so few accidents and fatalities.

I think about the driver and the passengers who go from having a happy day to quite the opposite in a matter of seconds and their lives take a very unexpected turn. Instead of rushing to their destination they are instead being rushed to a hospital.

[Bobbo]

One of the captions said there were no life threatening injuries.