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"Chris Zuhn" <kczflea.factory@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2006.02.10.01.31.03.491410@verizon.net...
>I have seen first hand what a shifting trailer load can do to cause sway.
> 65MPH, one-ton dually towing a two-axle 20 foot equipment trailer. The
> trailer load was a light-weight backhoe that was not secured at all with
> chains/straps. The backhoe worked its way toward the back of the trailer
> and as soon as the tongue started to lift, the rig started to sway. Rig
> got turned sideways in the 4 lane highway in about 10 seconds. Driver did
> not have time to do anything. Luckily, no accident or injuries occured.
> The other drivers close by saw what was happening and got out of the way.
> The trailer and truck were probably close to the same weight.

What kind of idiot moves a backhoe that isn't secured at all with chains or
straps on a trailer on the highway? That guy is astonishingly stupid and
extremely unsafe.