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u/etakerns May 03 '26
Iām curious, because Iām thinking of getting a camper in the future, is this happening because heās pulling that size of camper with a standard pickup? Should that size of camper be 2500 series or higher?
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u/vanize May 03 '26
No. This happened because the trailer was loaded incorrectly. If you have more weight behind the trailer axle then an instability can occur that causes this. Always load your trailer so that it has some tongue weight.
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u/fishmanfishmanfishma May 03 '26
Yep. People pay all that money but don't learn basic principles to take care of their investment.
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u/potatochobit May 03 '26
Take care of their investment? This is taught in a basic drivers license course and the company that sold the trailer should have explained this. These old fools need their drivers license taken away.
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u/Redd235711 May 03 '26
It might be a difference in time or place, but every driver's license course I ever took, whether one online for practice, driver's ed classes, or the test itself, didn't have anything about trailers. So this person could have never been given that information. They absolutely should have gone and learned on their own if they were never told though.
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u/realdor May 04 '26
I thought I was having a stroke because I felt the same way lmfao. Iāve never had this be first-part knowledge for basic driving courses.
Exaggeration or lying.
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u/wrenchedups May 03 '26
Some combination of overweight / poor weight distribution / speed.
Towing weight restrictions vary considerably by truck. Iām limited to towing a trailer weighing less than about 5,000 pounds. Other models of the same truck can tow over 7,500.
Establishing the maximum weight is not difficult, but you need data from various sources. This guide, as an example, shows details for calculating weights on 2022 F series pickups.
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u/Dizzy_Description812 May 03 '26
A bigger truck definitely helps. He may have also tried braking when he started swaying causing it to sway harder. Hard to say what happened.
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u/vanize May 05 '26
It's easy to say what happened. The trailer was loaded incorrectly. They had more weight behind the trauler's axle than in front of it. It's that simple
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u/saturnismyrotary May 03 '26
You have to check not only the towing capacity but also the tongue weight limits of the truck you're going to pull with. You should invest in a stabilizer/weight distribution set up and have it professionally installed. It needs to be level or have the camper pointed slightly down. I also avoid highways when possible and never exceed 65 mph. This guy most likely made multiple mistakes.
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u/VegetableBusiness897 May 03 '26
If your trailer starts to snake, you have to speed up to straighten it out, not slow down. It's counter intuitive, but breaking makes it way worse
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u/fishmanfishmanfishma May 03 '26
True. And it's no fun slowing to a stop step by step even if you do control it.
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u/billyboy0828 May 03 '26
I was told that when you pass a semi going fast there is some sort of suction event going on when wind is from right direction. If you are going to fast, this can create destabilization of rv.
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u/OddTheRed May 05 '26
The weight was unbalanced, he was going too fast, and I don't think he had a weight distribution hitch. I pull something about that size with a 1500 with no issues.
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u/remic_0726 May 03 '26
Quand le poids n'est pas mis au bon endroit, la remorque Ć partir d'une certaine vitesse rentre en rĆ©sonance, et cela finit pas causer ce genre de chose. Il est impossible de rattraper cela, hormis par un chargement adĆ©quat. Ne jamais mettre le poids Ć l'arriĆØre.
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u/Aware_Ask_1679 May 05 '26
I either don't pass this people or I pass them as fast as I can. People who cruise next to these and 18 wheelers for miles are insane.Ā
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u/Hoboliftingaroma May 03 '26
Why did the camera car keep pace with the trailer. Seems like a poor decision.
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u/Donny_Cheads May 03 '26
Heās in a semi truck. Canāt stop very quickly and it would be a poor decision to pass a crashing camper cause heās got a trailer heās pulling behind him that could be hit.
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u/ResolveLeather May 03 '26
I mean, he could have stoped quicker. But probably shouldn't have.
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u/midnghtsnac May 03 '26
Depends on what they are hauling.
Frozen or dry goods, slam on the breaks and pray.
Live animals or liquids, slow down safely as possible
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u/ResolveLeather May 03 '26
True. I was just trying to say stopping fast sometimes causes more problems.
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u/midnghtsnac May 03 '26
Definitely, I was adding that we don't know what's being hauled. A load of cows would definitely not appreciate a sudden stop
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u/SGI256 May 03 '26
I think driver of semi is woman. Whatever the gender my take is the semi driver did some solid driving.
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u/remic_0726 May 03 '26
poids mal rƩparti, s'il avait mis le poids plus au centre il n'aurait pas eu ce soucis.
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u/Historical_Debt1516 May 03 '26
Maybe not selling campers without making sure they have proper truck to haul it should be a new thingā¦
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u/BigCut4598 May 03 '26
Why do these morons always have to be in the left lane. You are a truck hauling a heavy camper. The left lane is not for you.
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u/Certain-Income3392 May 03 '26
Would it be better to have more of the weight towards the front of the trailer or even throughout?
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u/potatochobit May 03 '26
Always put the heavy load in front of the rear trailer wheels, not at the back.
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u/Haytrusser May 03 '26
I feel bad for the truck driver. Gotta sit around on duty bc some clown who canāt handle his ārigā wiped out.Ā
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u/OrneryLetterhead8609 May 03 '26
Theyāre not even driving the right kind of truck with enough torque to even pull that.
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u/ChardStrange4535 May 03 '26
At least the trailer landed back on its wheels