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Re: Tail-Heavy Trailer Sway
On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 22:16:03 -0500, "Joe" <Joe@dontspam.net> wrote:
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>"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.
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>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.
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>Do you have any input on that?
Try throwing a tail-heavy dart.
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