Wild Towing Video
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Diamondpilot
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He got lucky!!!
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chh
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My that looked like fun.
dgl24087
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Several years ago, I was behind a Lincoln Town Car towing a small U-Haul trailer on I-81. The driver was doing about 80 when the trailer began to sway from side to side. It got nearly as out of shape as the truck in the video before the driver regained control.
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I'm wondering if he stopped at the next rest area to change his underwear
DreaminGreen
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I think I would have blown a hole right through my shorts.
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I'm surprised we don't see the cameraman's driver brake hard.
There aren't many instances on the open road were you could unexpectedly have an immovable object block your progress, but this is such a case. If the towed vehicle flopped over and bounced along the guardrail it could stop in a very short distance. It's a causeway - there's no place for the following driver to escape and let that fool have his accident all by himself.
Scary!
There aren't many instances on the open road were you could unexpectedly have an immovable object block your progress, but this is such a case. If the towed vehicle flopped over and bounced along the guardrail it could stop in a very short distance. It's a causeway - there's no place for the following driver to escape and let that fool have his accident all by himself.
Scary!
horsebroke
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This video reminds me of an incident that happened to me a few months back. A pickup truck coming toward me was pulling a home-made trailer (one of those made out of the bed of a pickup) - full of gravel. He lost control - and the trailer was tipping back and forth wildly like that yellow truck in the video. I was in a long line of cars and couldn't stop to get his license. Wheels of the trailer were leaving the ground on each side as it jerked back and forth!! WHEW. I saw in the rearview that the driver finally got control of it - and slowed WAY down. In the process, it was throwing its load of gravel out. I got sprayed - caused a broken windshield, broken headlight and running light, and chipped paint on front fender and hood of my car. $3,800 damage!
digicamnut
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Ya'll may not believe this but if your pull starts fishtailing DO NOT hit your brakes. You should excelerate to regain control.
