When I was 16, i got a Job working for a guy that had a tree service. One day we needed to clear a lot. So he rented a bobcat. This guy had a DUI, so he had me drive his truck all day. We picked up the bobcat, went and did the job, and at the end of the day, he loaded the bobcat on the trailer. I remember him telling me that the bobcat needed to be loaded evenly on the trailer wheels (wrong). I was 16, so I took every word out of this 40 yr old guys mouth, as fact. I get to driving, doing about 25mph and I notice the trailer swaying bad behind me. I tell him something is wrong, but he tells me its cause we are going slow and it will get better with acceleration. We get out if the residential area and into the highway. Doing 45 now and the trailer is pulling this truck all over the place, im nervous as hell, but he's saying speed up and in refusing. A moment later we start going up a bridge and the second we get slightly up hill and the trailer weight is now fully pulling up on the bumper, all hell breaks lose and the truck and trailer are skidding left and right across all 3 lanes, until we jack knife in the middle of the road. Some how the tie down chains held and the bobcat was still on the trailer, but all 4 trailer tires were blown. He starts yelling at me, telling me how i wasnt keeping enough acceleration on the trailer. Again, im 16 and im thinking he knows best and pulling a trailer with heavy weight is supposed to be a constant battle, and I just couldn't handle it. Anyway, the rental company comes out and sees the location of the bobcat, mounted on the trailer and the guy screams "whos the idiot that loaded this bobcat, there is literally zero pounds of tongue weight with that position!" The rental guy ended up congratulating me for being able to drive the 12 miles I had done. I was like "so its not normal for the trailer to be swaying all over the place at 10 mph?" He got a good laugh out of the whole thing.
I'm pretty sure he didn't upload it while he was driving?? 🙄 Most of the narration is past tense. Also do you understand how a dash cam works?? 😂 Great video @The G Automotive And More! 👍
This was a cheap one I got off of Ebay. They no longer sell it. But this one is very similar www.ebay.com/itm/115222071615?hash=item1ad3c5493f:g:bBMAAOSwdj5h8FFQ Thanks for watching
I saw a trailer swing off the road and drive into the ditch one day. It was a windy day and the trailer was swinging back and forth on the highway, getting worse each cycle in a simple harmonic motion kind of way. Much like that Tacoma narrows bridge collapse decades ago. Nobody was hurt but he needed help getting out. Like you say, it was a problem of tongue weight imbalance.
I think his driving is at fault.. The trailer is NOT swerving or causing any issue's that I can see AT ALL.. He is just a terrible driver, but your correct, by the look at that squat they should have adjusted things in the trailer !
Too much tongue weight but MUCH safer than too little tongue weight. 15% of the load should be on the tongue. 10% rule of thumb but average up for safety.
When I was 16, i got a Job working for a guy that had a tree service. One day we needed to clear a lot. So he rented a bobcat. This guy had a DUI, so he had me drive his truck all day. We picked up the bobcat, went and did the job, and at the end of the day, he loaded the bobcat on the trailer. I remember him telling me that the bobcat needed to be loaded evenly on the trailer wheels (wrong). I was 16, so I took every word out of this 40 yr old guys mouth, as fact. I get to driving, doing about 25mph and I notice the trailer swaying bad behind me. I tell him something is wrong, but he tells me its cause we are going slow and it will get better with acceleration. We get out if the residential area and into the highway. Doing 45 now and the trailer is pulling this truck all over the place, im nervous as hell, but he's saying speed up and in refusing. A moment later we start going up a bridge and the second we get slightly up hill and the trailer weight is now fully pulling up on the bumper, all hell breaks lose and the truck and trailer are skidding left and right across all 3 lanes, until we jack knife in the middle of the road. Some how the tie down chains held and the bobcat was still on the trailer, but all 4 trailer tires were blown. He starts yelling at me, telling me how i wasnt keeping enough acceleration on the trailer. Again, im 16 and im thinking he knows best and pulling a trailer with heavy weight is supposed to be a constant battle, and I just couldn't handle it. Anyway, the rental company comes out and sees the location of the bobcat, mounted on the trailer and the guy screams "whos the idiot that loaded this bobcat, there is literally zero pounds of tongue weight with that position!" The rental guy ended up congratulating me for being able to drive the 12 miles I had done. I was like "so its not normal for the trailer to be swaying all over the place at 10 mph?" He got a good laugh out of the whole thing.
You were lucky
OMFG some of you post tomes and it's really annoying.
I don't know what's worse. The guy towing or you uploading a TH-cam video while an impact wrench is going 🤪
It always happens at work. Thanks for watching
@@TheGAutomotiveAndMore Thanks for uploading 👍
I'm pretty sure he didn't upload it while he was driving?? 🙄 Most of the narration is past tense. Also do you understand how a dash cam works?? 😂 Great video @The G Automotive And More! 👍
Can you tell me which brand/model dash cam you're using?
This was a cheap one I got off of Ebay. They no longer sell it. But this one is very similar www.ebay.com/itm/115222071615?hash=item1ad3c5493f:g:bBMAAOSwdj5h8FFQ Thanks for watching
Very important point but did you have to do it in shop and bore me to death before making it...
Waaaaa
I saw a trailer swing off the road and drive into the ditch one day. It was a windy day and the trailer was swinging back and forth on the highway, getting worse each cycle in a simple harmonic motion kind of way. Much like that Tacoma narrows bridge collapse decades ago. Nobody was hurt but he needed help getting out. Like you say, it was a problem of tongue weight imbalance.
Thanks for watching
lol, of course it’s an epoxy guy 😂 those $20,000 grinders aren’t light!
I think his driving is at fault.. The trailer is NOT swerving or causing any issue's that I can see AT ALL.. He is just a terrible driver, but your correct, by the look at that squat they should have adjusted things in the trailer !
issue's? Did you graduate high school? ISSUES. You don't use an apostrophe for plurals. Well...at least you didn't write "should of"
He was practically pulling a wheelie.
It was bad. The video really doesn't show how unstable it was. Thanks for watching
Too much tongue weight but MUCH safer than too little tongue weight. 15% of the load should be on the tongue. 10% rule of thumb but average up for safety.
Its a balancing act. You are right, to much is bad, to little is bad. Thanks for watching
Too little tongue weight is way worse. That’s a bad driver, mostly.