Shame he didn't have some grunt to kick in to get it pulling true again.

Helps if i put the link dunnit...

 

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that's due to excessive speed, not the tow vehicle being under powered, thats what happens when the trailer at the back gets too much turbulent air coming off the vehicle in front, thats why they limit people pulling trailers to 60mph in the UK

That looks like a zed on the trailer and the way the sparks flew and no glass shattering I'd say it was a slicktop !

Well I say it is broken now ,

thats a BMW lol looks nothing like a zed

that's due to excessive speed, not the tow vehicle being under powered, thats what happens when the trailer at the back gets too much turbulent air coming off the vehicle in front, thats why they limit people pulling trailers to 60mph in the UK

 

Yes your right i had to go on a training cause for my company to do with towing and i was told to not go over 50mph.

That looks like a zed on the trailer and the way the sparks flew and no glass shattering I'd say it was a slicktop !

 

Should have gone to specsavers mate :lol:

BMW 3 series.

if you get a slap on. the only way to try to catch it is no power no brakes. and don't go over 50!

that's due to excessive speed, not the tow vehicle being under powered, thats what happens when the trailer at the back gets too much turbulent air coming off the vehicle in front, thats why they limit people pulling trailers to 60mph in the UK

 

Too right..

Just what I wanted to see when I'll be towing my Z soon and I've never towed a trailer before! lol

Its down to weight distribution more than anything else. On my trailer I can't get the Zed positioned properly and that causes it to start weaving much above about 55mph. Other cars that weigh about the same with the same trailer and tow car pull much better.

 

The same will happen with a caravan. It'll tow fine usually when empty as the manufacturer intended, as soon as you fill it with all your crap in the wrong place, it'll start misbehaving.

that's due to excessive speed, not the tow vehicle being under powered, thats what happens when the trailer at the back gets too much turbulent air coming off the vehicle in front, thats why they limit people pulling trailers to 60mph in the UK

 

Well thank you sir, i wouldn't have thought of that, so the other fella saying back off the gas and no brakes would get it true again? when it had the little wobbles i would have thought if you had some serious grunt the car would be able to right it, but you would gain speed obviously.

 

I've never had this happen and i've towed alot of cars, i guess i just go damn slow, how do truckies get thier trailers to straighten out when this happens, ive gone past some pretty wobbley trucks.

Its down to weight distribution more than anything else. On my trailer I can't get the Zed positioned properly and that causes it to start weaving much above about 55mph. Other cars that weigh about the same with the same trailer and tow car pull much better.

 

The same will happen with a caravan. It'll tow fine usually when empty as the manufacturer intended, as soon as you fill it with all your crap in the wrong place, it'll start misbehaving.

 

this is also true but not when towing a car as a car is usually balanced correctly anyway.

 

Well thank you sir, i wouldn't have thought of that, so the other fella saying back off the gas and no brakes would get it true again? when it had the little wobbles i would have thought if you had some serious grunt the car would be able to right it, but you would gain speed obviously.

 

I've never had this happen and i've towed alot of cars, i guess i just go damn slow, how do truckies get thier trailers to straighten out when this happens, ive gone past some pretty wobbley trucks.

 

Careful application of the breaks and slowing down, is the correct way to recover from this, flooring it will just make it worse even though your mind would think thats the correct thing to do.

this is also true but not when towing a car as a car is usually balanced correctly anyway.

 

 

 

Careful application of the breaks and slowing down, is the correct way to recover from this, flooring it will just make it worse even though your mind would think thats the correct thing to do.

 

This thread now serves a greater purpose, ie me not totalling my car towing it.

 

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Bmw 8 series from what i can see :)

 

My dad had the same thing happen with the caravan and lifted the car off the ground before throwing it sideways and ripping two tyres off the rims.

 

Luckily no one hurt, tyres went back on the rim and the car was spotless. Caravan wasn't so lucky :(

Its a 3 series, with stupid orange wheels so probably a track or drift car. Looks like the car towing it was weaving on purpose to show off to the camera! what a dickhead.

Its a 3 series, with stupid orange wheels so probably a track or drift car. Looks like the car towing it was weaving on purpose to show off to the camera! what a dickhead.

 

it`s normal in poland :)

Although I agree with all comments here, it's a simple case of the car in front not being heavy enough to tow the load, it's either a passat or BMW estate which can tow probably 1200-1300 kg max on a braked trailer! BMW 3 series for argument sake 1300kg stripped and trailer looks a good one so another 600-750kg = way to much!!! And yes he probably would have been ok if he was sticking to 50mph lol