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tbirdtbird · 08-30-2016, 08:28 PM

What a shame.

a) the driver of the Range Rover clearly did not know what he was doing.
b) The Range Rover is decidedly a very poor choice of a towing vehicle in this case. It is not heavy enough. We have worked on several Range Rovers here in this shop and frankly we feel they are engineered and built very poorly. I myself would not tow a kid's wagon with one
c) I seriously doubt the trailer had its own brakes else I doubt this would have happened.
d) I doubt tongue weight was anywhere near correct...I bet the rig was fishtailing
e) I think the most likely explanation is jack knife, from which there is no recovery

just my opinion of course

08-30-2016, 08:28 PM	#3
tbirdtbird BANNED Join Date: May 2012 Location: inside your RAM Posts: 3,134	Re: Of Interest to members, a reminder of why to inspect your tow rig. What a shame. a) the driver of the Range Rover clearly did not know what he was doing. b) The Range Rover is decidedly a very poor choice of a towing vehicle in this case. It is not heavy enough. We have worked on several Range Rovers here in this shop and frankly we feel they are engineered and built very poorly. I myself would not tow a kid's wagon with one c) I seriously doubt the trailer had its own brakes else I doubt this would have happened. d) I doubt tongue weight was anywhere near correct...I bet the rig was fishtailing e) I think the most likely explanation is jack knife, from which there is no recovery just my opinion of course __________________ '31 180A Last edited by tbirdtbird; 08-31-2016 at 11:36 AM.