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Old 03-22-2020, 08:55 AM   #21
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Most idiots towing travel trailers pull them Way too fast. Most TT tires are only rated at 65mph. I see TT RUNNING 80mph plus on cheap tires. A recipe for disaster.
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Old 03-22-2020, 09:43 AM   #22
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Doesn't matter what truck it is...EVERYONE just needs to SLOW DOWN! Had a double blowout on highway 50 in Nevada (111 miles from anywhere and bad cell service) with my first 5er in 2013. It was a rough go getting her from 68mph to 0 and safely to the side of the road. No one was hurt, but family and I were stranded into the night for 6 hrs, plus two days to get new tires and clean up the body damage enough to get home. Let's just say it put the fear of God into me. Learned a lot from that...First, when I have my 6 1/2 ton fifth wheel behind my 4 1/2 ton truck, I never forget who's really in charge and second, I no longer feel that traveling on the most isolated 2 lane highways in this beautiful Land of ours is necessarily the best way to go! But most of all, I learned to slow down and relax while trying to get to the campground...where I can sit and slow down and relax! Safe travels to all!
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Old 03-22-2020, 09:44 AM   #23
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As with any moving object, the faster it travels the harder it is to control/recover when ANYTHING goes bad. Many just cannot input corrections to gain control again. They over do it, under do it, don't do it or just have no clue. So what happens, they push the brake peddle as hard as possible and than go further out of control and crash. I cannot even start to recall the high number of crashes that could have be avoided by steering, slowing, and especially just drive slower before the event happens.
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Old 03-22-2020, 10:06 AM   #24
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As with any moving object, the faster it travels the harder it is to control/recover when ANYTHING goes bad. Many just cannot input corrections to gain control again. They over do it, under do it, don't do it or just have no clue. So what happens, they push the brake peddle as hard as possible and than go further out of control and crash. I cannot even start to recall the high number of crashes that could have be avoided by steering, slowing, and especially just drive slower before the event happens.
I agree completely !!! Unless you've got an "X" truck. They are designed to be far superior to anything built by any other truck company. Heck, they even pulled something weighing hundreds of times more than the rated SAE rating. Just proves any other truck is inferior. Going up hills, down hills, around curves, facing headwinds, tail winds, crosswinds or even bow winds, no need to even have two hands on the steering wheel. So, if you own an "X" truck, you can ignore all safety precautions, they simply don't apply to us and our trailers, regardless of how long they are or how much they weigh, you're always safe as a "bug in a rug" if you're in an "X" truck...…

The above is posted, "completely tongue in cheek"...
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Old 03-22-2020, 10:30 AM   #25
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I agree completely !!! Unless you've got an "X" truck. They are designed to be far superior to anything built by any other truck company. Heck, they even pulled something weighing hundreds of times more than the rated SAE rating. Just proves any other truck is inferior. Going up hills, down hills, around curves, facing headwinds, tail winds, crosswinds or even bow winds, no need to even have two hands on the steering wheel. So, if you own an "X" truck, you can ignore all safety precautions, they simply don't apply to us and our trailers, regardless of how long they are or how much they weigh, you're always safe as a "bug in a rug" if you're in an "X" truck...…

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Here's my "X" truck!
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Old 03-22-2020, 10:31 AM   #26
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I'll never understand why my pics go sideways on this site, but nowhere else....
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Old 03-22-2020, 11:14 AM   #27
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TTs must be inherently less stable than cargo trailers. Maybe it's the height of them. When my daughter was racing micro sprints we had a 7000# enclosed 24' trailer. Late one night we were heading home on the NYS Thruway when the trailer felt a little funny towing. As it was about 2AM I wasn't about to pull over to check it out so we went to the next exit.


There was a well lit 24 hr convenience store/gas station so I pulled in there. Hopped out and check the left side and all was well. Checked the right side and both tires were flat. I'd been driving so long with one flat the rubber was pretty much all gone. It's amazing to me that it was so stable with one flat and not that bad with two flat.
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Old 03-22-2020, 11:33 AM   #28
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I'll never understand why my pics go sideways on this site, but nowhere else....
Just goes to show you that even with an "X" truck, things can sometimes lay down when you least expect it.
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Old 03-22-2020, 01:08 PM   #29
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If he would have had my 3500 Ram Dually he would have never lost it. Just saying......
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Old 03-22-2020, 01:53 PM   #30
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If he would have had my 3500 Ram Dually he would have never lost it. Just saying......
He didn't "lose it"... It's still "right there, hitch connected and all"...…
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Old 03-22-2020, 02:18 PM   #31
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Rbrdriver, do you think your elite dually would stop this?

https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2019/03/14/watch-wind-lifts-tractor-trailer-off-road/3169326002/

Don't pop off till you know the facts
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Old 03-22-2020, 04:21 PM   #32
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I'll never understand why my pics go sideways on this site, but nowhere else....
Only the RV Life forum software, sadly... here's the problem.
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Old 03-23-2020, 09:26 AM   #33
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Looks like a Ford, jus sayin
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Old 03-23-2020, 09:51 AM   #34
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Old 03-31-2020, 08:44 AM   #35
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If he would have had my 3500 Ram Dually he would have never lost it. Just saying......
If he had your truck you would have been pissed he took it and someone else trailer.
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Old 03-31-2020, 08:56 AM   #36
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Many years ago my flight instructor told me that the vast majority of aviation accidents were due to "pilot error", typically flying in conditions beyond the pilot's ability or the aircraft's performance envelope. I believe the same applies to drivers on the highway.
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Old 03-31-2020, 09:05 AM   #37
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Many years ago my flight instructor told me that the vast majority of aviation accidents were due to "pilot error", typically flying in conditions beyond the pilot's ability or the aircraft's performance envelope. I believe the same applies to drivers on the highway.
As a retired flight instructor, Army, I can attest that some of the pilot error is over estimating and not being familiar with the aircraft performance. As you said, that is prevalent on the highways too.
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Old 03-31-2020, 09:40 AM   #38
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After driving in the Texas panhandle for my first 20-30 years towing I've been hit by micro burst winds that suddenly you've changed lanes & there wasn't a damn thing I could've done to change it.
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I'll never understand why my pics go sideways on this site, but nowhere else....
Mine were doing the same thing then I realized, Its because you took the pic in portrait mode(phone up/down) when you turn it sideways and snap a pic they will post on this site correctly.
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