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Be careful with that trailer! MG rollover.

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Oh boy, hope he was safe and had lots of insurance.
 
Poor little car :frown: ...It looks so injured on the ambulance.

Anything strike you as odd about the trailer suspension?
 
WhatsThatNoise said:
Poor little car :frown: ...It looks so injured on the ambulance.

Anything strike you as odd about the trailer suspension?
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No suspension springs?
 
I spend a lot of time towing every year.

It's more stressful than racing...Seriously :yesnod:

I pulled a trailer setup once that scared the heck outta me.
 
No springs on my trailer, tie the car down at the axels so the springs on the car work the bumps. Works great.
 
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)
 
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:
 
That was Sail19's one and only post.....any way to reach out to see if he is ok?
 
Silverghost said:
That was Sail19's one and only post.....any way to reach out to see if he is ok?
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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.
 
Tried E-mailing him...

It was undeliverable.

Hope he's OK.
 
Sail19 is Jonathan Wolstenholme. He was living in Boston and got married in June. When was that accident??
 
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.
 
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