It looked to me like it was a larger Coleman (Fleetwood) popup and maybe something like a Jeep Cherokee tow vehicle - like I said, had to take everything in at a glance. But I sure know that feeling of having a trailer doing some big time swaying and me trying to come to terms with it! I was sure glad the young man made it O.K., but I'll bet a few bucks that fella is going over his equipment and driving techniques ... ya think?

Dale

And I also once saw a boat, motor and trailer that came off truck and smashed into a tree in someones front yard. That boat was totally destroyed! That fellow must have had his foot to the floor.

It's my guess that speed is usually the culprit. You just can't run wide open when towing anything.

Everyone drive safely out there!

Jo

My first popup was larger and NEEDED a sway-bar; it was a bear to tow! Now, my present smaller one, has most excellent road manners and I don't use a sway-bar. But I should also add that I'm mighty careful how the cargo is packed aboard so that it's balanced; and, my tow vehicle has much towing capacity to spare, in fact, could handle a trailer three times of what this one is. A lot of times tow vehicles are at their max (or beyond) and here is a major cause of trailer disasters just waiting to happen.

Dale

What's your thinking of electric brakes vs surge brakes?

I've had both and I suppose each has it high points. Sometime back I had a large utility trailer that had the surge brakes and I liked them in that you could hook any tow vehicle up to the trailer and the trailer brakes would still work. My last popup had electric brakes and as you know, one has to get into a brake controller mounted in the tow vehicle and all that associated hassel and additional expense. Since Starcraft only offers electric brakes, I was thinking (day dreaming?), that on the next camper I would make sure it did not have brakes from the factory and then look into installing the surge brakes later.

Dale