Caravan Crash contributing factors anyone?

Not hard is it Vastly underpowered car towing van far in excess of cars capabilities.
And yes seen it before along with several others on youtube.



Cheers

Hi kingswoodwagon,
I think it may have been posted a while back, but hey.
I think their up for a a Darwin Award. :)

Hi there. Here's a checklist of likely factors:
1 Small FWD vehicle designed for well under 1 tonne towing and 50 kg towball load, trying to tow a van weighing 2.5 tonnes and towball mass of 180kg.
2 As a result, too little traction on the front (driving) wheels.
3 No effective brakes, as shown by the inability to slow backwards progress down the hill (probably no trailer brakes and little effective braking from the front wheels of the tow vehicle (again, too little traction).
4 Wet road.
5 significant absence of brains on the part of the driver.
6 Overheated engine and (probably) transmssion too.

How's that for starters??

Really?

Wouldn't stupidity have contributed to the problem?

Geoff

Had a friend with a 2004 T/D Cruiser with all the goodies towing a van I cannot recall the make but it was a top of the line model with the works I believe it was a "grange" Anyway stopped at C/van park & complained to a fellow traveller that his cruiser was sluggish & using a "Lot" of diesel. He decided to have the L/cruiser serviced with emphasis on the lack of performance. Toyota dealer had it all day and could not find any fault with the vehicle what so ever. My friend parted the dealership after handing over a bit of pocket money and later repeated his woes to the C/van park owner over a couple cold "frothy ones" The next day they hooked up the van and on the insistance of the c/van park owner drove to a local weigh bridge. They weighed both the van & the cruiser. The operator came out of his little office with a big smile & said to my friend. "You Sir have won first prize. That is the heaviest van & vehicle combination I have ever weighed....6.4 tonne" On arriving back at the park my friend unloaded the numerous boxes of wine his wife had bought at various places during the trip & had packed under the bed, heaps of glossy magazine & many other items. I am repeating a story related to me by a close friend of ours who heard it direct from the Landcruiser & Grange owner.

All I can say is the person towing a van (or anything at all) with that vehicle is a brainless TOSSER !!!

Hence my thoughts to 'DuncanDonuts' re his thread 72828 where he says:

"For those of you who know the road to the central coast I managed no less than 90kmh at the top of mooney mooney hill heading north and 100-110kmh on the hill up from the hawkesbury river heading back to the city" all this when "Towing Jayco camper Trailer with 2008 Subaru Forester"

A recipe for disaster at some time I would have thought. Anyway, I just hope if it happens I am not on the same stretch of road....

A number of years ago we had some friends call in on their way home after being over in W.A.

Their rig was parked out in the street, and at the vehicle / caravan connecting (tow ball) point there was a very definite 'V'.

Asked why? They had the floor of the van covered in boxes of Margaret River grog. He was very surprised to find that the local Liquorland sold it for less than he purchased it at the point of sale, and when he worked out how much extra fuel he used in giving this stuff a holiday, started to drink the same.

Of course, being a good host, I was obliged to assist in this endeavour.

I still wonder how he managed to steer the vehicle.