Monday, Sep 12, 2011 at 00:08
Not nescessarily being a ute having no weight.
The original post said the car was on the trailer backwards, which if the commodore had it's engine installed, would have made the trailer tail heavy, and the invetable is sure to happen, as it did.
It is likely that if the commodore had been loaded front first, with the weight on the trailer where it should have been, the trailer would have likely been more stable and the accident may not have occured.
Of course what I don't know, is why the commodore was put on the trailer rear first.
I did witness recently, a Holden 1t ute on a car trailer which was loaded front first, being towed by a Holden Crewman, 95% of the time, likley to remain stable. So why did it go pear shaped, whip across the road and turn itself over? The engine for the 1tonner was not in the engine bay, but sitting on the back of the 1tonners tray. As it approached me, I could see it being whippy and could only think this was going to end in tears, I moved that far left, my left wheels were off the bitumen in the gravel, I moved back fully onto the bitumen only to look in my rearview mirror to see a heap of dust and combination going sideways, upways downways and lots of tears (only about 250-300m after we crossed each other). I'm by no means an expert, but I'd suggest the combination was unstable because the loading and weight distribution on the trailer was poor.
Cheers,
Dion.
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