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Sort of an "expose" on U-Haul, but with some interesting guidelines regarding trailer weight relative to the towing vehicle and some scary sway stories, mostly involving downhill travel. Better watch what you're towing with a light SUV or light truck- and check those brakes before you embark.Trailer Risk Factors
Jun 25, 2007
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Website sez it's only for registered members ...
I had no problem reading the article without registering.
Dan
The position of the hitch is also important. the more it's above or below the ideal position for the trailer, the more unstable the trailer is.. Above seems to be worse than below (it causes the trailer wheels to have some toe-out).
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:54:42 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, "ATP*" quickly quoth:
I think the $11.6M jury award was assinine when the pilot's son was speeding in the rain -and- the pilot grabbed the wheel (of a top-heavy Ford Explorer, no less) during the emergency. Whadda maroon! The wife's paraplegia is definitely unfortunate, but wasn't the fault of U-Haul. Effin' courts...
High downhill speed is the worst thing you can do with a trailer. I reinforced my skills when I brought home this little 13' travel trailer last month. Anything over 45 gave me horrible sway, and it's a tiny gutted trailer! Air pressure at max in both vehicles' tires and a properly sized hitch ball are also crucial. Tongue weight adds to the safety of the braking of the combo, too.
Anything largish trailer I rent from now on will have brakes, though. I do NOT like squirrely vehicles.
- Metaphors Be With You -
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:07:59 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, "Snag" quickly quoth:
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Get a throwaway (gmail, etc.) email addy for such purposes. They come in very handy.
-- Like they say, 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name. ------------------------------------------------------
Nice plug for the Sherline trailer scale, there... --Glenn Lyford
In article , Larry Jaques wrote: :On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:07:59 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, :"Snag" quickly quoth: : :>ATP* wrote: :>>
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:>> Sort of an "expose" on U-Haul, but with some interesting guidelines :>> regarding trailer weight relative to the towing vehicle and some :>> scary sway stories, mostly involving downhill travel. Better watch :>> what you're towing with a light SUV or light truck- and check those :>> brakes before you embark. :>
:>Website sez it's only for registered members ... : :Get a throwaway (gmail, etc.) email addy for such purposes. They come :in very handy.
Just go to
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and see if someone has already made a bogus login using a throwaway email address. For this LA Times article, the first address/password pair from bugmenot worked fine. If you have to create a throwaway login yourself, please contribute it to the pool.
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