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08-22-2014, 12:07 PM
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Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: S.W., Michigan
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Travel Trailer flips behind SUV.
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08-22-2014, 01:16 PM
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Texas Boomers Club
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Somewhere in the lower 48
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A few years ago I saw a travel trailer that had flipped and the trailer broke apart and the peoples belongings were strewn over the interstate. fortunately they were OK.
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2018 Ford F-450 KR / 2019 Mobile Suites 40KSSB4
Fulltiming since 2008 and loving it
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08-22-2014, 01:17 PM
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Damon Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Mar 2009
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Wonder the cause.. Trailer looks a bit big for SUV but that should not have flipped it.. Speed too fast on the curve in one of the photos perhaps.
Oh, and I have driven that section of road...
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08-22-2014, 01:22 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Louisville, KY
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I did that once. Sh*t my pants too.
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Louisville, KY
2011 Tiffin Phaeton 40QTH
2006 Jeep Commander
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08-22-2014, 02:41 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 1,346
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Same ol story too much tail for the dog!
Some iddiot salesman probably told him his TV could tow it just fine!
Newbies if you just have to have a TT go overboard on your TV choice. Preferably get a 5er!
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08-22-2014, 02:49 PM
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Damon Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Mar 2009
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The solution to too much "Tail for the dog" is a bigger dog
TRAIL-HAULER.COM
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08-23-2014, 09:08 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: HillBilly country, Smokey Mtns
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Those type of "accidents" are usually caused by ignorant folks that don't know you have to have an excellent sway-control hitch to prevent such disasters. That's why I tow my TT with a ProPride hitch, and my cargo trailer with a Reese Strait-Line dual cam hitch.
Speed is not the problem. I can tow my properly set up TT with my properly equipped tow vehicle at 90 MPH with no problem if I don't mind buying lots of fuel.
And a TT tows just as good as a fifth wheel trailer if you have an excellent TT weight-distributing and sway prevention hitch such as the ProPride, and you don't exceed the GVWR of your tow vehicle. Yes, I have lots of experience with towing both 5ers and TTs. A 5er tows better than a TT only if you're talking about towing the TT with a cheap hitch. "Cheap" is anything you can buy from discount sources such as ETrailer.com or Amazon.com for less than $500.
So most of the comments posted with that article are based on ignorance and not true. The Nissan Armada is a half-ton SUV similar to a Chevy Tahoe, and they make good tow vehicles when not overloaded and when properly equipped with an excellent weight-distributing sway-control hitch. But most half-ton SUVs dragging a TT and loaded with family and stuff are overloaded - they simply don't have enough payload capacity to drag a heavy trailer while loaded with family and stuff for a trip. The owners try to get by with a cheap hitch, and some don't even have a cheap weight-distributing hitch.
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08-23-2014, 09:33 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: NC
Posts: 572
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Dum de dum dum. Very common for tow vehicles that cant control the trailer. Soft mushy suspensions combined with short wheel base is a great combination for swaying, fishtailing and wrecks like this.
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08-23-2014, 09:41 AM
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Monaco Owners Club Holiday Rambler Owners Club
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: michigan-tip of the mitt
Posts: 1,444
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I have a second rv. 21' tt and a nissan x-terra tv with a Equil-izer hitch system. Just returned from a short (700 mile) trip and I see no issues with the SUV tv if properly set up. Just a side note, this is not my 1st tt.
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2003 Class C, 29' Gulfstream
Next stop? 
Previous rigs..2 Pickup campers,2 TT's, 3 DP MH's
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