http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is0h-...layer_embedded



Not quite sure what caused that to happen. Anyone explain?

 

.. call dibs on anything that could be parted out, FIRST!!!...



probably freak out a little bit.. haha..



cars that size, pulling trailers like that with a car on it is a bad recipe usually.. a little wind and a little swaying gets amplified QUICK..

 

It's caused by the unequal weight distribution on the trailer to the tow vehicle.

 

It was the ugly orange wheels

 

Record from a safe distance.

 

I pulled my little Hyundai Excel with a Chevy Blazer suv, never again. It wasn't anywhere near as bad as the video but just enough for me to never do it again....

 

+1 for having the wrong tow truck. Truck. Oops they were pulling a car/trailer with a car lighter than the one on the trailer, and it's not even a dinky pull-behind-a-car type trailer. There's not enough mass to keep that load under control.



Sometimes when you get going too fast or wind catches the trailer or the pavement is uneven or . . . the trailer gets a little squirrely. This happened at 65+MPH with 1500lbs of loaded trailer when I was pulling with my 3 tons of truck, no problem. The truck shakes and you ease off the gas and the oscillations die down pretty quick. But when the trailer is heavy enough to wag the dog, it is almost begging for the above.



Drive veeeery slow if you have an overloaded trailer. At highway speeds, there is no time to slow down and get dragging straight again. Quick reflexes and a dedicated trailer brake control might MIGHT have saved that from happening.