Somebody's vacation got ruined

[Badhabit]

On Thursday afternoon, Highway 16 on the west side of Edmonton AB, I noticed something in the west bound lane as we were going east. I said to my wife"someone must have lost a container or something on the road. As we got closer we noticed that it was about a 24 or 26' travel trailer laying on its side. There was a fairly new Jeep Grand Cherokee still hitched to it and upright but the back end was about 3' in the air. Not sure exactly how long the trailer was but it and the Jeep took up all three lanes and both shoulders. Wasn't windy so not sure what happened but it sure looked like not enough truck for the trailer. Hope they were alright
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[93Cobra2771]

RedRocket204 wrote:

itguy08 wrote:

93Cobra2771 wrote:
Wow - TV and TT on the side of the road and it is immediately obvious what caused the wreck...

Yeah - amazing how everyone becomes an expert without seeing the accident or even being involved.

Yup, great catch to both of you... considering most said "didn't have all the facts" or they were "just guessing". :S

Agreed without knowing any real details... but sounds like not enough TV, improper loading with too light tongue weight, too high of speed resulted in uncontrollable sway that caused a crash.

And also hope no one was injured. Hard way to learn a lesson.

Yep, just trying to keep people from spouting fact without knowing anything about the crash. Unless you were being 100% sarcastic in your post. If you were, it didn't come across to me.

There were others, of course.

[DE88ROX]

I cringe when I saee small SUVs pulling 28" trailers. Just because you have the power to pull it, doesnt mean that you should.

Its like the tail wagging the dog.

[rbpru]

I still think it was Space Aliens. It happens all the time on the internet.

Let's face it, at best it is only a guess.

[RedRocket204]

itguy08 wrote:

93Cobra2771 wrote:
Wow - TV and TT on the side of the road and it is immediately obvious what caused the wreck...

Yeah - amazing how everyone becomes an expert without seeing the accident or even being involved.

Yup, great catch to both of you... considering most said "didn't have all the facts" or they were "just guessing". :S

[Doug33]

If the TV was upright, that's a good sign for the passengers. It's usually when the TV flips that things get REAL bad.

[itguy08]

93Cobra2771 wrote:
Wow - TV and TT on the side of the road and it is immediately obvious what caused the wreck...

Yeah - amazing how everyone becomes an expert without seeing the accident or even being involved.

I'll put this out. Coming home from NJ last night going I78 Westbound. Saw a nasty wreck on the eastbound lane. Crinkled trailer (looked to be a car or landscape trailer, not an RV), demolished TV, and missing guardrail. It was either an F250 or F350 as I saw the Powerstroke badge. Guess not enough TV there too. Should have been using a Kenworth.

[Huntindog]

I bet it was the nitrogen in his tires:B

[eichacsj]

Reminds me of a topic I tried to talk to a new popup owner about...loading. They got sway when they pulled it. I tried to tell them they need to go weigh their popup after they load it and make sure it is loaded correctly. Gave him all the instructions and stories. He responded they gave me the storage cabinets and it should be designed for whatever I load in them. OMG I could not convince this guy that was not true, he also felt that the pickup bed was designed to load whatever you could fit in it, leaves or lead did not matter to him.

He totaled his new popup within the next month heading to the grand canyon, thankfully no one got hurt. I got to swaying and left the Tahoe somehow and went over the guard rail and down the hill.

Luckily he did not replace it, decided hotels were better.

[firestorm79]

It always makes me cringe when I see an overloaded TV.

[93Cobra2771]

Wow - TV and TT on the side of the road and it is immediately obvious what caused the wreck...

[Jebby14]

I tow a 1991 prowler 19E with my 2002 Jeew WJ (Grand Cherokee) it handles it very nice. Obviously I have my brakes tuned in and an anti sway system helping but it seems to tow nicely even with the 3' of extra trailer that's been added to the rear bumper for my diy tire/luggage/bike rack

[Deb_and_Ed_M]

I'll volunteer a guess: tail wagging the dog. I had Trailblazers in the past - great SUV's that were capable of hauling 6 or 7 thousand pounds. One day we were coming home with a car on the open 16' hauler - we were well below the load limits; but with some extra weight on the trailer (rather than Ed's lightweight dragracer) - it wanted to get a little "pushy" with the shorter-wheelbased SUV; actually, scarily-so. That's when I traded up to a pickup truck - the longer wheelbase made a world of difference.

I can only imagine how pushy a travel trailer would get with a short SUV....

[rbpru]

Since we are guessing at the cause, I suspect Alien Space Craft. They are sneaky you know.

These days it could have been “a sleep at the wheel”, Texting or a host of other things. I hope all are okay; it sure would be interesting to find the real cause.

[RedRocket204]

Badhabit wrote:
Wasn't windy so not sure what happened but it sure looked like not enough truck for the trailer. Hope they were alright
H

Agreed without knowing any real details... but sounds like not enough TV, improper loading with too light tongue weight, too high of speed resulted in uncontrollable sway that caused a crash.

And also hope no one was injured. Hard way to learn a lesson.

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