Re: Tragic 69 Camaro Crash of the Year !!!!!!!
 

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Had to tow it backwards to keep from ripping the top all the way off of it. With the windshield frame smashed and the holddowns ripped off of it it was the safest way to transport it. You can tow like that if you center the weight so your not tail heavy with No tounge weight.

Jim, so you towed it home from the accident backwards. What about when the accident happened? Was the car on the trailer backwards?

Re: Tragic 69 Camaro Crash of the Year !!!!!!!
 

It was loaded forward centered correctly. He tows almost as many miles a year as I do , here there and back again.
Jim

Re: Tragic 69 Camaro Crash of the Year !!!!!!!
 

Jim...Please call me I am tired of leaveing messages!!!

Dave

Re: Tragic 69 Camaro Crash of the Year !!!!!!!
 

Jim requested a few more pics of the accident be posted.

http://www.chevroletcamaros.com/imag...marocrash1.jpg

http://www.chevroletcamaros.com/imag...marocrash2.jpg

http://www.chevroletcamaros.com/imag...marocrash3.jpg

Re: Tragic 69 Camaro Crash of the Year !!!!!!!
 

It looks like he was towing with a one ton, four door dually. If that is the case, that car, on an open trailer, could be loaded on the tongue, on the back, anyhwere, and not be a problem. And even if the trailer brakes were not working, would still stop in a reasonable distance.

As per the ball, my guess it snapped when the trailer jacknifed, hitting the truck. Just think of the force that would create (leverage) when that occurred.

Re: Tragic 69 Camaro Crash of the Year !!!!!!!
 

where is the load leveler bars and friction sway control bar? where they on there??

I had that EXACT truckn and I can tell you 100% without those it WILL come around on you... that thing sits high on the chassis anyway, and has little tires, when the nose dives, the trailer nose rises up, and swings things around... I have an employee that just had this happen to and he flipped a tow rig on I95 just south of Melbourne Fla

Re: Tragic 69 Camaro Crash of the Year !!!!!!!
 

Did he tow with load leveling sway bars on the hitch? They look like these.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...DSCN0299-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...DSCN0300-1.jpg

Second, did the airbags deploy in the truck?

-Dave

Re: Tragic 69 Camaro Crash of the Year !!!!!!!
 

I don't think the rating of the truck has anything to do with it. The placement of the car is going to have a direct affect on the tongue weight, which will have an impact on weight on the rear suspension of the truck regardless of the truck's rating. When we got our enclosed a few years ago we were very careful with setting up the full load tongue weight. I could roll the car an inch forward or back and completely change the weight on the tongue scale. What it came down to was loading each car in and finding the perfect vehicle position over the axles, and then marking the position of each car. I know it was said that everything was done correct and by the books, but we are all human. Maybe the car actually wasn't correctly loaded over the axles prior to leaving.. There are so many variables to this, we'll probably never know the answer.

Re: Tragic 69 Camaro Crash of the Year !!!!!!!
 

Wow, very sad. No matter, this fellow is very, very lucky to be able to tell his story. Glad he is okay.

RMX

Re: Tragic 69 Camaro Crash of the Year !!!!!!!
 

I use VERY HEAVY CHAINS WITH SCREW CLOSE ATTACHMENTS RATED FOR MORE THAN TRAILER PLUS VEHICLE WEIGHT... had a set of S hooks straighten out on the boat once... ONCE!