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03-22-2020, 08:55 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Lehigh Acres
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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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Rick and Sandy
2017 Toyota Platinum Tundra 4X4
2011 Bullet Premier 19FBPR
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03-22-2020, 09:43 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Livermore, Ca.
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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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03-22-2020, 09:44 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Fruitland
Posts: 3,357
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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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2013 24RKSWE (27ft TT) Cougar 1/2 ton series SOLD 10-2021
2013 Ford F350 4x4 CC 6.7 engine, 8 ft bed, 3.55 rear end, lariat package
Retired from Oregon State Police in 2011 than worked another 9.5 years as a small town traffic cop:
As of 05-2020, I am all done with 39 years total police work. No more uniforms for me.
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03-22-2020, 10:06 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Gaylord
Posts: 26,846
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken / Claudia
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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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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John
2015 F250 6.7l 4x4
2014 Cougar X Lite 27RKS
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03-22-2020, 10:30 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: USA and Canada
Posts: 870
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JRTJH
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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Here's my "X" truck!
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2010 FZ 405
2011 F350 6.7 Dually w/Banks Power making 510 hp and 1065 ft/lbs torque
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03-22-2020, 10:31 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: USA and Canada
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I'll never understand why my pics go sideways on this site, but nowhere else....
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2010 FZ 405
2011 F350 6.7 Dually w/Banks Power making 510 hp and 1065 ft/lbs torque
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03-22-2020, 11:14 AM
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Join Date: May 2018
Location: Dryden
Posts: 84
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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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03-22-2020, 11:33 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Gaylord
Posts: 26,846
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Badbart56
I'll never understand why my pics go sideways on this site, but nowhere else....
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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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John
2015 F250 6.7l 4x4
2014 Cougar X Lite 27RKS
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03-22-2020, 01:08 PM
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Member
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Visalia
Posts: 88
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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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03-22-2020, 01:53 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Gaylord
Posts: 26,846
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rbrdriver
If he would have had my 3500 Ram Dually he would have never lost it. Just saying......
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He didn't "lose it"... It's still "right there, hitch connected and all"...…
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John
2015 F250 6.7l 4x4
2014 Cougar X Lite 27RKS
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03-22-2020, 02:18 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: AKRON OH
Posts: 144
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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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03-22-2020, 04:21 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Wickenburg
Posts: 3,271
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Badbart56
I'll never understand why my pics go sideways on this site, but nowhere else....
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Only the RV Life forum software, sadly... here's the problem.
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2019 Cougar 26RBSWE
2019 Ford F-250
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03-23-2020, 09:26 AM
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Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Hagerstown Md.
Posts: 74
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Northofu1
Looks like a Ford, jus sayin
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Light duty
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2018.5 Montana 3791 Rear Den, 2018 Ford F350 Dually 6.7 5995 lb payload
Electric brakes …. Disk Brakes....it`s the only way
Andersen Ult TrailAir pin box X Factors MoRryde SRE 4000....smooth ride
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03-23-2020, 09:51 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Markham, Ontario
Posts: 1,942
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BSHGTO
Light duty
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Of course.
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Dan & Serena
2019 GMC SIERRA 2500 HD SLE
2015 Cougar X-Lite 29 RET
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03-31-2020, 08:44 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Hartford AL
Posts: 439
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rbrdriver
If he would have had my 3500 Ram Dually he would have never lost it. Just saying......
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If he had your truck you would have been pissed he took it and someone else trailer.
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2021 Omni SX32
2012 Crusader 355BHQ (girl friends)
2020 Ram 1500 Laramie 4WD, toad
2019 Harley Davidson Heritage Classic 114 (the toy)
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03-31-2020, 08:56 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Joppa, MD
Posts: 11,714
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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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Marshall
2012 Laredo 303 TG
2010 F250 LT Super Cab, long bed, 4X4, 6.4 Turbo Diesel
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03-31-2020, 09:05 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Hartford AL
Posts: 439
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flybouy
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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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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2021 Omni SX32
2012 Crusader 355BHQ (girl friends)
2020 Ram 1500 Laramie 4WD, toad
2019 Harley Davidson Heritage Classic 114 (the toy)
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03-31-2020, 09:40 AM
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#38
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Picacho, Az
Posts: 6,809
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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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Full-timed 10+ years
Sold '13 Redwood FB
Traded '13 GMC Denali DRW D/A
Replacement undetermined
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03-31-2020, 01:39 PM
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#39
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Member
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: Turlock
Posts: 73
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Badbart56
I'll never understand why my pics go sideways on this site, but nowhere else....
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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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Jonathan
2020 Bullet 210RUDWE
2003 Chevy 2500HD 6.0 4X4
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