how your trailer tells you to SLOW down

[Stutz]

[nd4spdbh]

that is also how you tell your towing too big of a trailor for your lil suv....

[HondaJim]

I bet his salad got tossed.

Years ago I was following a family pulling a trailer during a heavy rain. The trailer started with a small sway that quickly got the whole rig swaying. In the middle of three lanes, the car and trailer do this slow motion, 360 degree circle three times. Everybody scattered, I am behind them on the brakes, and the third time the thing straightens up and the guy continues down the highway like nothing happened. I bet he stopped at the next rest area though.

[mercenario27]

stopped at the next rest area to change is underwear!

[peoples1234]

Originally Posted by nd4spdbh

that is also how you tell your towing too big of a trailor for your lil suv....

Durango is not exactly a small SUV.

Only Americans think that a super duty is needed to tow anything bigger that a 4x8 utility trailer.

[Januik12]

Originally Posted by peoples1234

Durango is not exactly a small SUV.

Only Americans think that a super duty is needed to tow anything bigger that a 4x8 utility trailer.

It is if you want to get more than 8mpg haha

[black_771]

I've towed my double wide with my Jeep Cherokee several times. It doesn't even have a hitch.

If you have to ask how, well, you just ain't from these parts I reckon.

[07919Dave]

I think ND was saying know your
SUV's tow limit. I'm rated for 5,000lbs I bet that Durango is only st 6500.
Gone to The Dark Side. Sent from my SGSII:SR

[dadogs]

That's why when I pulled my 31ft RV I used and swore by a Reese dual cam anti sway bar....that sway is NO F"ING JOKE if it gets out of control.

[Pvster]

towing rig was fine... operator error right there. likely was going too fast, got some sway, panicked and made it worse. most people dont know how to tow a trailer properly to save their lives, much less back it up lol.

swaybar helps a lot too.

[nd4spdbh]

theres those tow limits on every car.... and alot of times i think that those are quite over rated.

that would be about the biggest trailor i would pull with that durango... and even then i wouldnt feel right the entire time pulling it.

[Pvster]

lol ND4, you'd be surprised! rv trailers are not that heavy anymore as in the days of old.

my dad pulled a 28 1/2' long rv trailer with his 93 ford bronco with the 351 v-8 with no problems. but then again, he was properly set up for towing with a set of overspring leafsprings to prevent sagging, brake controller, anti-swaybar, etc. we had zero problems towing that sucker all over the northwest (i.e. mountainous terrain!). but then again, he knows how to tow trailers considering he's a semitractor-trailer driver (and whom i got my training from).

so yes you're correct if the owners of said durango didnt use the proper gear. and that doesn't take much either. another thing is people dont realize how to properly load a trailer for specific situations and configurations and end up over-loading due to imbalance.

[07919Dave]

The trailer might be 5500lbs but most people also forget to add the weight of everything they load into it! Biggest thing to watch for is your water at 8.66lbs a gal the weight adds up fast!

Gone to The Dark Side. Sent from my SGSII:SR

[drewvir]

Originally Posted by black_771

I've towed my double wide with my Jeep Cherokee several times. It doesn't even have a hitch.

If you have to ask how, well, you just ain't from these parts I reckon.

didn't like the neighbors?

[nd4spdbh]

Originally Posted by Pvster

lol ND4, you'd be surprised! rv trailers are not that heavy anymore as in the days of old.

my dad pulled a 28 1/2' long rv trailer with his 93 ford bronco with the 351 v-8 with no problems. but then again, he was properly set up for towing with a set of overspring leafsprings to prevent sagging, brake controller, anti-swaybar, etc. we had zero problems towing that sucker all over the northwest (i.e. mountainous terrain!). but then again, he knows how to tow trailers considering he's a semitractor-trailer driver (and whom i got my training from).

so yes you're correct if the owners of said durango didnt use the proper gear. and that doesn't take much either. another thing is people dont realize how to properly load a trailer for specific situations and configurations and end up over-loading due to imbalance.

Exactly properly equiped vehicles do just fine... but i HIGHLY doubt that durango was using even a weight distribution type hitch on that trailor.

Originally Posted by 07919Dave

The trailer might be 5500lbs but most people also forget to add the weight of everything they load into it! Biggest thing to watch for is your water at 8.66lbs a gal the weight adds up fast!

Gone to The Dark Side. Sent from my SGSII:SR

haha oh ya... our small 16ft toy hauler has the long tongue of the 40ft version, as well as the frame and 2 6600lb axles off the 40ft pace america trailor.... we haul 100gallons of water and a coupla dirbikes in the back... shit can add up QUICK!

[dadogs]

Originally Posted by 07919Dave

The trailer might be 5500lbs but most people also forget to add the weight of everything they load into it! Biggest thing to watch for is your water at 8.66lbs a gal the weight adds up fast!

Gone to The Dark Side. Sent from my SGSII:SR

+1...

Another thing is loading the trailer even. People don't think about it and front load the damn things (putting undo tounge weight on the rig) or have the water tank/ grey tank/ black tank all loaded on one side and throw it all outta whack!

I would dry weigh my truck (Nissan Titan) and then weigh the trailer unloaded and loaded, paying particular attention to various axel weights. May sound anal but it made for uneventful trips (for the most part). I think on the average my GVWR I was running around 12,500lbs which was well within the trucks parameters.