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Originally Posted by GabAlmighty
What caused that? I can tell it's basically just an oscillation that got worse and worse but what was the initial event to have caused it.
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The trailer/load was probably overweight for the car but that would only strain the tranny and brakes and not be the cause of the trailer swaying like that.
My guess:
-he was driving too fast
-too much weight on the tongue (load too far forward)
-trailer brakes not fuctioning properly or unable to control trailer brake independently
-the trailer wanted to follow the ruts in the road
Notice how he's driving on the crown of the road and outside the white line. I've had this happen just towing a tent trailer behind my fullsize (obviously, nothing this bad). Too much weight was loaded to the front and the road was badly rutted. If the trailer started to sway, I'd just hit the gas, give the trailer a tug to straighten it out and then slow down. Once I stopped for fuel, I redistributed the weight and had no problem.