Be careful with that trailer! MG rollover.

[PAUL161]

Saw this on MG Experience. What a bummer. Hope no one was hurt!
https://tow411.yuku.com/topic/55291/t/Jeep-and-Trailer-Roll-Over.html
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[Mickey Richaud]

License plate indicates it's one of our own - "Sail 19", registered early this year with one post.

https://www.britishcarforum.com/bcforum/ubbthreads.php/topics/400712/New_Member#Post400712

Hope all are OK.

Mickey

 

[jlaird]

Oh boy, hope he was safe and had lots of insurance.

 

[Kensai]

Too bad. There aren't enough MGs left as it is. Hope the Jeep occupants are ok.

 

[Deleted member 3577]

Poor little car :frown: ...It looks so injured on the ambulance.

Anything strike you as odd about the trailer suspension?

 

[SilentUnicorn]

Poor little car :frown: ...It looks so injured on the ambulance.

Anything strike you as odd about the trailer suspension?

No suspension springs?

 

[Deleted member 3577]

I spend a lot of time towing every year.

It's more stressful than racing...Seriously

I pulled a trailer setup once that scared the heck outta me.

 

[jlaird]

No springs on my trailer, tie the car down at the axels so the springs on the car work the bumps. Works great.

 

[Deleted member 3577]

Humm...
Never towed one like that so I don't have any experience there.

Generally speaking there are several characteristics that improve stability.

4 wheels rather than 2
Long wheelbase for the tow vehicle.
Long trailer.
10-15% tongue weight.
Multiple ply tires at proper inflation pressure (both trailer & truck)
Dually truck rather than single.
Low trailer height (generally torsion axles rather than springs)
Electric brakes over inertia brakes (arguable)

 

[aeronca65t]

The hitch extension for the main trailer frame looks really short....about half the length of mine.
I towed a homemade job designed like that one time....really creepy.
Obviously you can be successful with anything if you go slow enough.
I like towing at about 55-60 mph max with mine (four wheel on leaf springs with electric brakes).

I feel the same was as Dave......towing is much more scary than actual racing. :laugh:

 

[mccalebr]

There's no such thing as "overkill" when towing...at least, in my book!

Ray

 

[Silverghost]

That was Sail19's one and only post.....any way to reach out to see if he is ok?

 

[Mickey Richaud]

That was Sail19's one and only post.....any way to reach out to see if he is ok?

Unless Basil has his email (wasn't posted in his profile), and drops him a note, we'll have to see if he checks in. Unlikely, since he never followed up after the introduction, though.

 

[Kimberly]

That was Sail19's one and only post.....any way to reach out to see if he is ok?

https://www.mgexperience.net/member/sail19mg

 

[Deleted member 3577]

Tried E-mailing him...

It was undeliverable.

Hope he's OK.

 

[Silverghost]

Sail19 is Jonathan Wolstenholme. He was living in Boston and got married in June. When was that accident??

 

[Kimberly]

Tried E-mailing him...

It was undeliverable.

Hope he's OK.

He has a facebook page.

 

[MGZT260]

If teh MG hadn't moved realtive to trailer axles and tongue of trailer then I can quickly imagine that he did not have enough tongue weight to begin with. I hauled some scarp, actually a cut-up bus, without enough ball weight and did not even get a mile down the road and fishtailed into a stone wall.

Looks as if the kayak is only thing that kept Jeep from going on roof.