camp-n-family wrote:
Hard to say just from pics of the aftermath. What was the cause? Improper setup? Driver error? Wind? Sway? A properly setup Hensley could very well have prevented that but so could many other things.
I didn't see if they had a WD hitch connected as the receiver was torn off the frame and unhitched from the trailer. From what I saw it came down to simple physics. The tow vehicle was unable to handle the mass and resultant energy of the travel trailer at speed.
On paper that vehicle can tow 8,700 lbs and carry 1,600 lbs of payload and I'm guessing the trailer has a dry weight around 6,000 lbs. On paper it should tow just fine but in reality there's no way they should have hooked up that combination.
Just because I can find a hitch that will allow me to pull a 51' transport trailer behind my VW Jetta TDI doesn't mean I should moonlight as an OTR trucker.
