Towed van front wheels not turning
Big class c pulled in next door. She is pulling a full size van. I notice that the front wheels of the van are not following the tow rig. They are skidding on turns. After two conversations she admits...
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I agree with the above IF the van doesn't steer to follow the RV. If the steering is locked, that's what will happen.
Although we're 99% sure that's what "skidding" means, it is also possible for a towed vehicle to follow the RV Into a turn then not steer back Out of it. In that case the wheels would be full Left or full Right with the RV pulling it forward. This happens because the RV turning Left swings its rear to the Right. Towed steers Right. Sometimes when RV straightens out, Towed doesn't and wheels turned full Right get dragged Straight but Sideways. This is more likely to happen on unpaved areas, but I've had it happen on paved roads.
EDIT: I started out replying in RV.net but the posting timed out. Same thing happened yesterday. I copied my text and went to Woodalls then pasted it there. That worked. So if you can't reply, try another flavor of the same forum(s). They're all Marcus... Same logons work.
Although we're 99% sure that's what "skidding" means, it is also possible for a towed vehicle to follow the RV Into a turn then not steer back Out of it. In that case the wheels would be full Left or full Right with the RV pulling it forward. This happens because the RV turning Left swings its rear to the Right. Towed steers Right. Sometimes when RV straightens out, Towed doesn't and wheels turned full Right get dragged Straight but Sideways. This is more likely to happen on unpaved areas, but I've had it happen on paved roads.
EDIT: I started out replying in RV.net but the posting timed out. Same thing happened yesterday. I copied my text and went to Woodalls then pasted it there. That worked. So if you can't reply, try another flavor of the same forum(s). They're all Marcus... Same logons work.
