Caravan and Colorado 7 on there side on the M1 NSW today.

The OP was not making any comment or judgement on the training or experience related to this accident. He is quite correctly in my view commenting on the suitability of these modern over rated utes to tow large vans. If you have read any of Mr Rivers' posts relating to large vans you would know that if there is instability the transition to being out of control is so rapid that no amount of training/experience can equip the driver to control the situation. Sure these utes are rated to tow heavy loads but what sort of loads? I don't think the rating is appropriate to large, high centre of gravity vans with pivot points well behind the rear axle.
Ken

The Colorado 7 is an IS wagon by the way.

I think the heading definitely says colorado

Catch ya steve

Maybe it was one of these

https://www.holden.com.au/cars/colorado-7

Colorado 7 is not a ute, but a shorter wheelbase suv version of the ute. In addition to that it has a towing mass of 3000kgs.

Cow, roo, getting cut off by a young girl in a festiva......

Nowhere near enough info in this instance to draw any conclusion.

100kmh limit is for vehicles over 4.5 tonne GVM and not GCM.

Mogul that is where you are wrong see this article http://www.caravanworld.com.au/features/1204/state-by-state-towing-rules

In fact if the GCM is over 4.5t than 100kph is the limit.

I stand corrected. The fact sheet put out by the RMS (nsw) states over 4.5 tonne GVM. The legislation states over 4.5 tonne GVM or GCM.

This episode is obviously such a common event, it doesn't even make the news any more.

The auction/salvage yards consistently have a wide variety of wrecked caravans and campers - thereby indicating that a lot of work still needs to be done, as regards ensuring drivers/caravan/camper owners, are better trained as to how to set up, load, and operate their rigs.

Too many caravans and campers are still being built to poor designs that encourage instability.
Add in owners who don't understand loading techniques that affect stability, and you have a regular recipe for disaster.

Saw a bloke yesterday with a fully loaded, full length roof-rack - with a tinny sitting upside down, on top of the fully loaded roof-rack! When I say fully loaded roof-rack, I mean fully loaded, too!

I hate to think what his stability was like, let alone the amount of loading on the gutters on rough roads.

Sighted another setup with a full length roof-rack mounted on the cabin one end, and mounted on a fibreglass canopy on the other end!
Obviously the owner is unaware of the massive amount of flexing between cabin and the tub over uneven ground - nor the design of fibreglass canopies that are not normally designed to take full length roof-racks!

Both the setups I sighted were doing off-road driving, too, when I sighted them, I might add!

Cheers, Ron.

It is so easy to lose a big unit. Back when 100 series were new my company director at the time headed off with a mid sized Bushtracker. He had a sahara v8 petrol with no outlandish accessories ( extra weight ) on either .
On their trip towards Darwin the wife was doing a stint at a the whee, a road train passed them and they got the sway, he wasn't quick enough ( his words ) to get to the brake controller the van rolled the vehicle stayed upright. So quick all over red rover.
No reflection on who was driving just pointing out it happens... so easily.
They bought the wreck and had it rebuilt by Bushtracker so all was not lost