Truck camper towing at least a 30 ft TT crash....

Chris Bryant wrote:
I actually do know the rig- the show has several of them. This is a very long wheelbase truck, with a very short rear overhang, and a standard long drawbar hitch. I've towed hundreds of thousands of miles with a similar setup.

You are clearly correct. The camper in the photos appears to extend behind the truck only because the truck has crashed and the camper is partially coming off. You can also tell by the design of the rear of the camper that it does not extend past the bed because otherwise it would be flat across the bottom, versus having the cut outs.

The guy doing the reporting was in a helicopter and the accident just happened and was being cleaned up. It's a very rare occasion when I would ever defend the media because we know how messed up they are, but how exactly would they get this information on a story that is this fresh? Don't you think that since the freeway was closed it was more important to get the story out versus the minute details?

Uhm, is there a camper in that photo? I don't seem to see it. :h

Chris Bryant wrote:
An upright picture of the same rig, with another in the background:


:)

:B

An upright picture of the same rig, with another in the background:


:)

A ford truck. Note the drivers door.

No overhang on the camper (sans camper mounted tailight.) It is an 8'-0 or 8'-6. Most likely no hitch extension is needed.



Better view so you don't need to tilt yer head:

06Fargo wrote:
Glad the people were not seriously injured or worse.

Of course if they had done a proper side wind calculation of the loading per square foot vector times the GCW of their GCWR rating, they would have known they could have encountered wind that exceeded the delta W rating of the hitch preload factoring in the China bomb tires...:h um divided by the rear spring rate x the air bags...:h (I never was very good at computer desk accident analysis... anyway

LOL. Of course, if their load was "properly distributed" they would have been impervious to the wind. After all, if loaded properly, not even sway control is necessary as sway is *impossible* :R :p (At least if you tend to believe recent sway control threads here ;) )

Glad the people were not seriously injured or worse.

Of course if they had done a proper side wind calculation of the loading per square foot vector times the GCW of their GCWR rating, they would have known they could have encountered wind that exceeded the delta W rating of the hitch preload factoring in the China bomb tires...:h um divided by the rear spring rate x the air bags...:h (I never was very good at computer desk accident analysis... anyway

On the Great Plains we have a shorter scientifical explanation for this:

"The wind blew them off the road." (or bridge in this case)



Windage

I actually do know the rig- the show has several of them. This is a very long wheelbase truck, with a very short rear overhang, and a standard long drawbar hitch. I've towed hundreds of thousands of miles with a similar setup.

it isn't extended beyond the bed. It is just sliding off. Look at the cab over part. It isn't over the cab:W. It is an 8 footer