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Originally Posted by redpoint5
I'm not up on the latest rules regarding new drivers, but being older, or an experienced driver does not guarantee that someone knows how to safely trailer heavy loads.
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That's for sure. But with age comes experience and hopefully the learning of a few lessons that make disaster somewhat less likely.
I saw a seasoned driver totally jackknife his truck when his trailer full of telephone poles - only six of them - completely overpowered his truck on a relatively gentle curve. He insisted his load was well within his vehicle's towing capacity and couldn't understand what I was talking about when I explained the polar moment of inertia. Long story short, the tail wagged the dog
really hard.