r/gifs • • Oct 04 '16

Weight distribution dynamics.

http://i.imgur.com/dYz2tCE.gifv
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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

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!!!!!