tackhammertime: The key to trailering tractors is having enough deck space to balance your load. You need to be able to move tractor fore or aft 2' to 4' to achive proper balance.
I saw an off balance load turn a pickup and trailer end for end at 45 mph. Had I not realized what was going to happen, then stopped, he would have ended up under my set of B-trains. That balance rule applies no matter how large or small the truck-trailer combo.
In an area where I use to live, truckers were having trouble loosing control on B-trains hauling lumber. One thing in common it always happened at relatively low speeds on traffic circles. They discovered that by extending lumber 4' beyond back of pup trailer, it threw everything off balance. Drivers all indicated that when it started to go, you were helpless to prevent roll over.
So heed this, if it can happen to a rig grossing 68 ton, it can happen to a pickup. As Mike Solden puts it every mile of road has two miles of ditches.
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