thought some might enjoy watching what looks like a nice camper mog on a trailer coming VERY close to losing it all...
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fusea...deoid=30042952
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close call camper mog
thought some might enjoy watching what looks like a nice camper mog on a trailer coming VERY close to losing it all...
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fusea...deoid=30042952
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Locked out of there at work. Is that the Yellow one on the trailer?Originally Posted by 4cruzer
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What do you reckon the cause was?
Maybe tied down on the wheels or axles and not on the chassis? The Mog has very soft suspension and a bit of oscillation could get going when the trailer frequency and the mog frequency get get hooked up.
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yes
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That, no doubt, is trailer sway. Several causes, but generally related to a soft tow vehicle suspension, tow vehicle too small, tires too squishy, and/or not enough tongue weight.
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That was a F250. It rules out most of that.
It was tongue weight and improperly set up hitch. People do stupid stuff and think that they can balance the trailer with the load and not need a load distributing hitch.
If you look the trailer is sit tin tongue high instead of level. The hitch is not low enough for the trailer. The truck is Al's level not nose high as it would be if it had 900lb of tongue weight and no WHD.
Lets do the math.
Trailer 2k.
Mog at least 7k.
Tongue weight should be around 10-12% of the load. That means he should have had at least 900Lb on the tongue.
Even though that is a 3/4 ton truck 900lb would have made it squat a LOT more then it was if he wasn't using a WDH. Most people with car trailers don't use them and think they can eyball enough tough weight when the truck squats an inch or two.
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The truck is strapped by the axles and not by the frame. A unimog should always be strapped by its frame to stop the top from swaying and to save you from crushing the brake lines which run on top of the axles. Regardless of what type of trailer you have or how you hook it up you will not stop that from happening unless you strap it down properly.
Not to stand on a soap box but towing that mog with that truck and trailer combo is stupid and dangerous - talk about the tail wagging the dog. That camper mog is probably close to 10,000 pounds by itself, plus a few thousand more for the trailer, if the trailer is not that heavy its not strong enough. Regardless of which way you cut it the guy is an idiot. As far as I can tell its a ball hitch trailer which makes him illegal too.
That video does show that mogs are not as top heavy as most people think they are.
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damn straight Rob, I would have written that one off as far as it was leaning. Looks like a lot of weight down low there...
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There would be a stain on the driver seat if that was me!
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I can personally vouch for the relatively safe roll over angle of a Mog. They look and feel scary way before it gets dangerous. Spent years driving Mogs and Buffels in the military. Been in roll overs, had buddies killed etc, but that was while really throwing them around trying to avoid HE fire etc.
Buffel= mineproof Mog
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