Personal choice and the sensible matching of the tow vehicle to the
trailer is what it is all about.

I should explain that here in California where we are recalling our
Governor one of the over 140 candidates is placing tv ads stating that
if you drive an SUV you support terrorism. This candidate now also
supports the governor who made it legal for illegal immigrants to
obtain a drivers license. Go figure. Other people label SUV drivers as
antisocial. Give me a break. You can be just as 'antisocial' on the
road in a Civic as well as in a Tahoe; or flying a Ventus as well as a
PW5. So some of SUV drivers here are just a bit touchy about all that!

Alex Chappell wrote in message ...
As long as it's stable who cares?
I know people who have walked away from pretty scary
accidents - punctures at speed limit whilst towing
on dual carriageway and the like - when it has been
a sensible, well behaved combination, SUV or otherwise.
Equally, there are combinations which are just an
accident waiting to happen. Once it gets out of control,
the soggy suspension and high C of G just make an SUV
dead easy for the trailer to flip, however heavy it
is (ever watched wrestling?)
Light cars are easily steered by big trailers.

Don't know about in the US, but here in the UK you
could probably put all trailer smashes down to one
of three things:

1. lightweight cars with a large distance betweeen
the rear axle and hitch. Plenty of these around here.
The trailer does the steering especially if it is heavy.

2. Rogue trailers. Most trailers are perfectly OK towed
within the limits. Some change dramatically between
empty and loaded. I remember a ? homebuilt two-seater
trailer which loaded was a nightmare and empty was
almost impossible. I know of trailers which use old
caravan suspension components or car tyres, which are
almost always not stiff enough. Get one of these on
an SUV and it would be interesting.


3. Bad driving.Self explanatory.

Have a nice day

Al

At 16:12 29 September 2003, Bruce Greeff wrote:
Hi Graeme

Lots of prejudices here mate, sorry if I offended.

Maybe it is a SIFOW thing, I prefer not driving trucks.

Again each to his own.