Juany118
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- First Name
- John
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- Pennsylvania
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- 2023 Ford Ranger Sport
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- Law Enforcement
Oh smaller vehicles will get pushed around in general no doubt. My issue is only when people say that larger vehicles *stop* trailers, that lack trailer brakes, easier. I have investigated more than one accident when I asked the driver about their 2500+s trailer brakes and they look at me blankly.Wheelbase length and tow vehicle weight are important factors, too.
Take the trailer brake out of the equation. Try to pull the same trailer with an F250 and with an Escape and you'll notice that Escape gets pushed around a lot more than the F250. This is reflected by each vehicle having different minimum trailer weights for trailer brakes.
We don't know if that jackknifed rig had trailer brakes and a controller or not. What we know is that it was a very small tow vehicle relative to the trailer and that it was a bad day for the driver. There are certainly any number of things that could have been done differently (probably several). We don't know if the trailer was above that vehicle's max tow rating, either. We don't know if it was above the minimum for trailer brakes but below the total max tow.
Clearly the driver messed up and had a bad tow. Bad weather wasn't a factor. It was a nice day that day.
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