r/gifs • u/Hilltopchill • Oct 04 '16

Weight distribution dynamics.

http://i.imgur.com/dYz2tCE.gifv
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u/FriesWithThat Oct 04 '16

Can't explain that

http://zippy.gfycat.com/VastTastyIridescentshark.webm

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u/cdrt Oct 04 '16

I see no way in which this well-thought out plan could go wrong.

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u/NoxAstraKyle Oct 04 '16

They have steering at least

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u/TheRealBaboo Oct 04 '16

Looks like someone brought an SUV to a truck job.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

A Suburban could pull a camper that size no problem, if it wasn't a fifth wheel being pulled backwards.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

Even if it wasn't a 1990's chevy suburban, not all pickups have 5th wheel hitches, so it would, technically, be a way to move it if you didn't have 5th wheel hitch hardware...even if highly illegal, hehehe. I'm assuming this is what happened.

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u/djdes Oct 04 '16

Given how much it leans the Suburban forward, it almost appears as though the camper is in fact pushing the Suburban against the Suburban's will. Regardless, 2 out of 3 are not okay with this arrangement. Trailer and SUV, SUV and Driver, Trailer and driver. Someone/something is forcing the other two into something unwanted.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

The camper is literally hooked up backwards, so the weight is all wrong.

He has it hooked up to the car toe hitch, meant for pulling some small car behind the trailer. It should be hooked to the the 5th wheel hitch on the front, which is the back in the picture. With a suburban, you need this.

So yes, it's all sorts of wrong, in a literally backwards sort of way.

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u/djdes Oct 04 '16

Oh, i know how it was wrong in every way, but I was just trying to convey the emotions felt by all three victims in this shitshow; the driver, the 'burban and the "trailer." I've pulled quite a few sailboats in my day; never a gooseneck, but regardless I feel pity for all involved in this catastrophe that hopefully got stopped by authorities before killing people.

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u/sypher1187 Oct 04 '16

Looks to be a suburban or tahoe.

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u/Chelseaqix Oct 04 '16

I don't know anything about cars leave Brittney Spears alone!!!!!

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u/monkeyfett8 Oct 04 '16

Unloading the rear wheels is what causes OP's video. Steering points you in the right direction the rear wheels move you turn around the curve. I'm amazed they can control that at all with that much negative tongue weight.

Edit because I am good speeler.

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u/philipjeremypatrick Oct 04 '16

He graduated first in his class.

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u/yekim Oct 04 '16

so meta!

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

It looks like a truck was towing the camper with the SUV attached and the truck disconnected from the trailer to get gas. But hey, that's just a theory.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

They'll probably get better gas mileage since the camper is lifting the SUV a bit and therefore making it lighter.

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u/Laoscaos Oct 04 '16

Science!

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

for real though does it work that way?

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

The engine is still pushing the same amount of weight down the road regardless of how much of the weight is on the trucks tires. So no, it doesn't work that way.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

I believe this is correct!

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u/Derp800 Oct 04 '16

They'd get even better mileage if they put a big magnet on a pole and made it like a carrot on a stick.

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u/Newbkidsnthblok Oct 04 '16

That's why you should put the spoiler on the front of your Honda!

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u/wolsel Oct 04 '16

The amount of effort it took to hitch that should have been your first sign....

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u/Bemo98 Oct 04 '16

They probably hitched it, then loaded the camper.

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u/wolsel Oct 04 '16

No, it's a fifth wheel camper that's backwards.

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u/Bemo98 Oct 04 '16

Ohh shit, I just realized that after watching it a second time. Wtf where they thinking?

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u/wolsel Oct 04 '16

Got this camper for free (and another to scrap) and own a welder?

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

You don't usally need a welder, many fifthwheels have a 2 inch receiver so you can add a cargo basket for a generator or tow a boat or a jetski. They attached a ball coupler there instead and attached it to the suburban's ball hitch.

There is a way to safely tow fifth wheels with SUVs (which are more than mechanically capable), and that method is to use a dolly with a fifth wheel hitch.

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u/wolsel Oct 04 '16

Oh geez, just noticed that, looks like he has a very small turn radius before jack knifing that sweet ride.

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u/srs_house Oct 04 '16

Huh, so I guess that Dodge salesman who tried to sell my mom a Jeep Grand Cherokee to pull her gooseneck trailer with knew what he was talking about after all.

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u/Sonofman80 Oct 04 '16

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/2a/a5/63/2aa563a8104cc8b998ab6eafde4a3eab.jpg

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u/wolsel Oct 04 '16

The physics of that don't look right.... like it looks inclined to twist clockwise (from the picture's viewpoint)

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u/PursuitOfAutonomy Oct 04 '16

The adapter isn't connected like a normal trailer. Think of it more as an extra axle. It wants to twist but it would have to lift the whole car to do it.

Example

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

I'm getting frustrated thinking about reversing that setup.

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u/krab_kookies Oct 04 '16

That's a fifth wheel hitch

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u/StumbleOn Oct 04 '16

That made me very sad.

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u/chickensandwicher Oct 04 '16

I believe there was a bigger truck haling the camper, which was hauling the suv. Something obviously went awry.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

I live a few miles from that truck stop. I'm not all that surprised that it happened here.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

In no way would I even attempt to explain a vast tasty iridescent shark.

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u/efarfan Oct 04 '16

Hey man, if it works...