Re: Trailer scare

["Steven Stegmann" <steve.stegmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joel,

Make sure you have 10% of the total trailer + load weight as tongue weight.
Anything less and you get real instability of a trailer.  BTDT.  Almost
laundry kill.

Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "joel brodsky" <travelall1974@domain.elided>
To: <ihc@domain.elided>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 8:55 PM
Subject: Trailer scare


> --okay, Traveler with trailer brakes, Traveler on the
> trailer.  Trailer is about #2k.
>
> @55mph starts waving around side to side.  Truck is
> held to trailer with chains and ratchet tie downs (the
> real big kind for autos...).  So, too much tongue
> weight, too little, crosswind?  what?  It did this
> about 3 years ago when I tried it then, and I never
> figured it out that time either.  That time was a
> Scout II on the trailer towing with a Travelall.
>
> Please let me know, I have to drive 400 miles with it
> tomorrow!
>
> Joel
>
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