Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[dodge man]

I’m pretty sure my truck will light the brake lights if I squeeze the brake controller.

 

[California]

...not sure most folks have the cajones to punch the gas in those situations.

Can't claim unusual cajones but one time a sudden extreme crosswind nearly put my travel trailer next to my elbow, which dragged the AMC Eagle a little sideways. My instinctive, instantaneous reaction was full throttle. Even though it was a slight downgrade like in that video. Successful. Unforgettable.

 

[redman135]

Studies of these rollovers have found that most rollovers occur in 4!!! seconds, to quick for most people. Poor loading only makes things worse.

 

[goeduck]

Studies of these rollovers have found that most rollovers occur in 4!!! seconds, to quick for most people. Poor loading only makes things worse.

No doubt, that is probably correct. There would be telltale signs ahead of those 4 seconds, but detecting those telltale signs would require that the drivers have receptors in their brains.

 

[two_bit_score]

No hold my beer.......

 

[California]

There would be telltale signs ahead of those 4 seconds, but detecting those telltale signs would require that the drivers have receptors in their brains.

Yeah. The instance I described was when the road emerged from a deep cut in a hill, into the open, onto a fill that maintained the same grade downhill. This fill the road was built on, was higher than the desert floor so more affected by wind. Nevada desert south of where the Tesla factory is now, windy, nighttime, not realizing 65 was too fast for the windy conditions. Might have been here, that looks about right.

I should have expected the severe crosswind as I came out of that cut.

Google shows guardrails there now. Likely installed because wind tossed others off the road.

 

[BnRidge]

My instinctive, instantaneous reaction was full throttle.

not realizing 65 was too fast for the windy conditions

You either need to apply trailer brakes separately or give it gas.

?

 

[gstrom99]

Do brake lights come on if you only apply the trailer brakes?

no

 

[RobertEH]

So my towing situation is:
-32.5 foot long RV as measured from hitch to bumper
-6,700 lbs dry, with a gross weight of 9,900 - probably towing it at about 8000 to 8500 lbs loaded
-Last time I checked the tongue weight (tanks full, returning from a camping trip) it was about 800 lbs
-I tow with a 1 ton Super duty with 8 foot bed using a weight distributing hitch.

I am hopeful that I never end up in a wagging trailer situation like those videos... But in the event one starts, what is the recomended process to stop it?

Something like:
1. Apply trailer brakes
2. Foot off gas to slow down
3. Apply truck brakes as it comes under control?

 

[dodge man]

You’ve got plenty of truck, if something goes wrong it’s not because you have the wrong setup. A little more tongue weight would be ok though.

I think the way to correct is what you listed.