4Runner pulling loaded jeep on trailer in alaska

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usaf_fire

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I wanted to stop and ask this guy if 1) he was crazy and 2) how she handled pulling all of that. I'd imagine your front end would be everywhere except where he wanted it. I was going to stop and ask but they were both eating. What do you all think?
 

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I can't imagine what kind of pull that was. In my terrain I don't enjoy pulling even half of the tow capacity of the 4runner.

Drop it like its hot!
 
Likely a hazard to anyone around him
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That seems to be the "Alaskan Way". You wouldn't believe the size of boats that get pulled by a half ton pickup truck down a narrow two lane highway with no shoulder. SMH:lookout:
 
usaf_fire said:
The jeep was filled to the roof with stuff too
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With bikes dangling from the ass end.

I bet that really messes with the trailer dynamics--still it looks like the tongue weight is ramming the rear suspension onto the bump stops despite so much weight being on the back of the trailer.

Some people have more luck than brains.

Saw a similar loadout flip coming back from WY on that scary ass stretch of highway between Cheyenne and FoCo.
 
LandCruiser said:
With bikes dangling from the ass end.

I bet that really messes with the trailer dynamics--still it looks like the tongue weight is ramming the rear suspension onto the bump stops despite so much weight being on the back of the trailer.

Some people have more luck than brains.

Saw a similar loadout flip coming back from WY on that scary ass stretch of highway between Cheyenne and FoCo.
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287 or I25? I've seen it all hauled threw that section of 287 on nasty windy days...makes for an intruding drive.
 
LandCruiser said:
With bikes dangling from the ass end.

I bet that really messes with the trailer dynamics--still it looks like the tongue weight is ramming the rear suspension onto the bump stops despite so much weight being on the back of the trailer.

Some people have more luck than brains.

Saw a similar loadout flip coming back from WY on that scary ass stretch of highway between Cheyenne and FoCo.
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Do you think it would have been more wise to load the jeep on backwards? Put that engine weight on the trailers axles and not on the tongue? Reason I'm asking is our friends just towed a new Willy's jeep with their tundra from here to New Mexico and it was loaded on forwards I suggested backwards to help with tongue weight
 
RedMagik said:
287 or I25? I've seen it all hauled threw that section of 287 on nasty windy days...makes for an intruding drive.
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This was 25, but 287 is equally scary.

When the wind picks up, I usually have the wheel a quarter turn towards the mountains to keep from being blown off the road.
 
usaf_fire said:
Do you think it would have been more wise to load the jeep on backwards? Put that engine weight on the trailers axles and not on the tongue? Reason I'm asking is our friends just towed a new Willy's jeep with their tundra from here to New Mexico and it was loaded on forwards I suggested backwards to help with tongue weight
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I've hauled a trailer close to max towing capacity from Colorado to Virginia numerous times in my old 2010 Tundra. I never had a single issue and often forgot I had something back there even in high winds in Kansas or twisty mountain grades in West Virginia.
 
Balanced with a couple hundred pounds forward is best but better to have a little too much weight forward than excess over the back of the trailer. As for the bikes on the back, all 4 of those probably total less than 100 lbs. As long as the driver is aware of what is back there and drives accordingly they would be fine.

When I used to race dirt track roundy round it was common to see 4 cyl mini pickups come through the gate with a 3500 lb race car on a 2000 lb utility trailer pulling into the pits (and riding very much like the 4R pictured). We actually spent one weekend moving our car around on the trailer and putting a chock in place so the load was always balanced just right for the best ride.
 
You want to see a squirelly/scary tow, hook that unbalanced trailer to the Jeep and put the 4Runner on the trailer. ;-)

But he has the right idea. When the Jeep breaks down the 4Runner can trailer it to the dealer.
 
usaf_fire said:
Do you think it would have been more wise to load the jeep on backwards? Put that engine weight on the trailers axles and not on the tongue? Reason I'm asking is our friends just towed a new Willy's jeep with their tundra from here to New Mexico and it was loaded on forwards I suggested backwards to help with tongue weight
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Not necessarily - having too much weight on the back of a trailer is equally, if not more, terrifying; every time you hit any kind of a bump, the ass end of the truck gets light. It makes for some dangerous handling dynamics, especially on ice or wet pavement.

That being said, a jeep loaded to the top with shit is probably damn near a 50/50 weight distribution anyway.
 
rule of thumb is a 70/30 ratio for weight. 70 percent of the weight centered over the axles of the trailer, 30 percent forward on the tongue
 
I was curious, so I zoomed in.., honestly I don't recognize this set up. I tow with a weight distribution hitch, 800 lb rated gorilla bars, and a friction plate. 4800 GVW camper. Also didn't see straps around wheels, maybe rears were secured... Hey he had safety chains..., and crossed lol.
 
I had thought about towing my sons car with a UHaul trailer like that. The trailer alone is 2,000 pounds. He gets to follow me instead. Looks like an overload.
 
marshal said:
rule of thumb is a 70/30 ratio for weight. 70 percent of the weight centered over the axles of the trailer, 30 percent forward on the tongue
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So if that small of jeep reversed on the trailer so the front tires were directly above the trailer axles that would be more preferred? Feel like that would be much less tongue weight than the engine half of the jeep on the front of the trailer
 
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