"The trailer may have been too heavy"

“May have been too heavy...” And I may have not been watching my oil, water and transmission temperatures and I may have not been checking my rear view mirrors and I may have not...

:h :h

There is about 400 vehicle fires a day in the US. This one happen to be towing a trailer. The vast majority that do catch on fire aren't.

Weekend warrior toy hauler more like he stayed on his brakes and they caught fire

Going uphill, the transmission heats up and pushes transmission fluid out the fill onto the exhaust.

Too heavy? No, I don't buy that.

If he thinks his truck caught fire because his trailer was too heavy he really is a moron. Or, he knows what happened but he's trying to hide something.

Doesn't matter the cause, insurance will buy him a new truck

Next time you take a long drive on a heavily traveled highway, count the blackened, obviously burned, vehicle sized dark spots on the highway shoulder. Common occurrence.

3/4 ton truck, doubt that TT was too heavy. Cats get hot on long hills catches carpet on fire all the time, even when not towing.

time2roll wrote:
Too heavy? No, I don't buy that.

Nope. Me either. No amount of stress an owner can put on an un-modified vehicle should ever result in a fire.

If anything, fail safe measures should shut down the event when excessive temps are present...like the Ecoboost motors and most (if not all current) diesel engines.

At the very least, if the driver didnt have any idiot lights flashing or red-lined gauges, the failure and resulting fire was beyond the drivers control.