Joe

"351CJ" <351CJ@msn.com> wrote in message
news:GYUGf.31542$xs4.20940@trnddc01...
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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.
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> 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.
You're missing the point. The questions that we are pondering is "why?" I
have searched all over the 'net and found no evidence that anybody ever
studied it adequately to explain it.

It doesn't matter how stupid people are who haul backhoes. What matters is
that a formerly stable combination crashes itself with a different center of
gravity.

Do you have any input on that?