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Re: car score gone wrong [Re: 67SATisfaction] #2887662 02/13/21 03:30 PM 02/13/21 03:30 PM
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 2,075 CA C crackedback top fuel
crackedback top fuel C Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 2,075 CA	Originally Posted by 67SATisfaction Originally Posted by I_bleed_MOPAR Trailer sway without a doubt. I towed an '01 Dakota ClubCab 4x4 home from NC behind my '06 2500 on a UHaul trailer. I wound up using backroads to get back as when I hit 55 it would start to sway. Tim So, just curious - what are the loading strategies to avoid sway? Is the goal to have the load balanced on the trailer so the hitch isn't loaded much, or is some load on the hitch better to plant the rear tires? ..maybe there are different solutions to different situations? I've towed a few things in my lifetime, and I know what sway can feel like. But my loads and the trailers I used were fairly "ordinary" - construction site office trailers, boats, building materials, etc. - Art You need tongue weight. It helps to counteract swaying. If you have a car on this type of trailer and can lift the trailer tongue up when loaded, you don't likely have enough tongue weight. Generally, in this case, you want anywhere from 10-15% of the loaded trailer weight on the tongue. He should have had 350-500# of tongue weight. With the car having batteries in trunk, should have loaded it backwards and maybe even kept it jacked up for clearance. Then there are the ones that it starts swaying and they just keep legging it out at 65-70+... nothing wrong there. I see the opposite end all the time when the desert guys drag rigs out to sand dunes. Explorers/Tahoes/suburbans/PU's looking like they are popping the front tires off the ground being overloaded and TOO much tongue weight. They go ditch hunting quite often. Still hammering along at 60+ most of the time.

Re: car score gone wrong [Re: Moparite] #2887745 02/13/21 06:49 PM 02/13/21 06:49 PM
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 15,871 Central Florida larrymopar360 Stud Muffin
larrymopar360 Stud Muffin Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 15,871 Central Florida	Originally Posted by Moparite Wonder if opted for the insurance? When you rent a u haul trailer they ask you what you are driving and what are you towing to see if it's acceptable. I'm sure the software that figures that out didn't know about the 500 pounds of batteries in the trunk. I was wondering about insurance on the car itself. First thing I do when I buy a car is get insurance. Before picking it up or having it shipped, whatever. Not worth saving the money for a few days of insurance. As far as the trailer goes, he's probably covered with his vehicle. but I'm no so sure about the load. May become a civil case in court if he exceeded the load limit of trailer. Facts are stubborn things.

Re: car score gone wrong [Re: 67SATisfaction] #2887974 02/14/21 09:30 AM 02/14/21 09:30 AM
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Sniper master S Joined: May 2019 Posts: 6,250 nowhere	Originally Posted by 67SATisfaction So, just curious - what are the loading strategies to avoid sway? In this specific case the best strategy would have been to take the batteries out of the back of the car and put them in the bed of the truck.

Re: car score gone wrong [Re: Sniper] #2887985 02/14/21 09:51 AM 02/14/21 09:51 AM
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RWG75 Unregistered R	Wheel base of the tow vehicle can be a factor in trailer sway. Tongue weight and load balance obviously matter. I suspect what nails most people is over speed, not paying attention and not expecting sway or not knowing how to react. I don't tow often but when I do I keep in the granny lane. How long the trip takes is way down the list of priorities vs keeping it out of the ditch. Kinda like winter driving.

Re: car score gone wrong [Re: ] #2888076 02/14/21 12:52 PM 02/14/21 12:52 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 19,405 north of coder moparx "Butt Crack Bob"
moparx "Butt Crack Bob" Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 19,405 north of coder	Originally Posted by RWG75 Kinda like winter driving. of which the cardinal rule is : "keep it under a hunderd !"...................

Re: car score gone wrong [Re: Sniper] #2888092 02/14/21 01:04 PM 02/14/21 01:04 PM
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SIKPUP enthusiast Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 240 Spring City , Pa.	Originally Posted by Sniper Originally Posted by 67SATisfaction So, just curious - what are the loading strategies to avoid sway? In this specific case the best strategy would have been to take the batteries out of the back of the car and put them in the bed of the truck. Push the batteries up against the cab in the bed ! Center the weight in the tow vehicle , not added tongue weight !

Re: car score gone wrong [Re: lilcuda] #2888099 02/14/21 01:06 PM 02/14/21 01:06 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 21,429 It's a dry heat gtx6970 Too Many Posts
gtx6970 Too Many Posts Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 21,429 It's a dry heat	Originally Posted by lilcuda Exactly how is that car a “score”? Im sure to the new owner it was.

Re: car score gone wrong [Re: 67SATisfaction] #2888261 02/14/21 04:44 PM 02/14/21 04:44 PM
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srt ESYC S Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15,754 Jefferson State	I'll bet thae car had lots of weight in the trunk with the hydraulics. Maybe should have backed on and had sway bars if he did not. Additionally I wonder if he exceeded tow cap of the tow vehicle.

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