TowingQuestion

[alice@domain.elided]

Folks,
Last night, a bit of a scare.  Towing a small pickup with towbar and 
mid-size car, pickup seemed to want to push the rear end of the car 
around.  Wow, tight turns were a pain.  I had to make them as wide as 
possible, else I would literally get shoved sideways a bit.  Seventy- 
five miles, no trooper problems (two passed me, I guess I looked OK 
to them), felt I had no choice but to continue slow and careful, damn 
glad to get home with it intact, never ever do that again.

Question.  Was my rear end pushed around due to too light car weight? 
(I have towed many boats where the boat actually weighed about that 
of the truck and nevre experienced this problem).  This small pickup 
had no power steering (tires inflated properly and steering wheel 
unlocked).  Was the pickup slow to auto turn by the nature of the 
towbar (it was a proper rental unit)?  Could I have changed the front 
tire pressure to help matters (and would I increase or decrease 
pressure)?  Puzzled.  Mark