Towing a trailer can be dangerous with the wrong weight distribution 

Well your first problem is using a mustang

Use a BMW and it will break before you could even hook up the trailer

Hate when a giant man comes out of nowhere and pushes my trailer sideways.

So you're saying I should distribute my drugs evenly throughout my vehicle?

Nice demonstration. I get tired of trying to explain this to my friends.

With a trailer, a Mustang can hit more of the crowd. Genius.

Is anyone else pissed off that he always catches the car

I learned when I had 5 tons of stone in a dump truck and a trailer with a 3 ton excavator in tow. Poorly loaded and going to fast caused exactly the results shown in the video. Luckily there was little traffic and I was able to correct it safely. Still one of the scariest moments of my life.

As a new trailer owner, I found this very educational. A visual that will definitely stay with me. Thanks.

Interesting! Was following a car and caravan about 20 years ago on the M74 south of Glasgow, Scotland, and they started to waggle like this, they ended up crashing although not too serious. I always thought it was due to the lack of a stabilizer bar, but now I learned something.

It isnt safe because it is pulled by a mustang... Edit: it will crash into curb, crowd, and others. Not because of the trailer

Move the axle back to the correct position.

Awesome example!! I wish you would've put the weight over the axal.

I work in construction and when younger fabricated covered trailers for race cars. Every once in awhile I will show this video to somebody. I believe that every man woman and child should be shown in this demonstration at a young age. It would save lives.

Same concept in towing double trailers! 7 years I Drove Doubles and Triples for Fed-Ed Ground! Heavy trailer always is first!

Knowing this is very very very VERY important. I saw a terrible accident happen recently due to this exact thing. I was following a trailer and saw that wobble and instantly knew what was wrong. A few miles later and they rolled over. It was terrible to witness, so please be careful everybody.

Thank you for this I accidentally Stumble on this channel but I glad I did cause I’m a new owner of a 18 foot trailer and I was going to put the car in the back of the trailer but I’m so glad I saw this thank you

General rule is loading the higher % of the trailer weight slightly forward of the axle. The trailers tongue weight must be 10-15% of the entire loaded trailer weight. 500 lb tongue weight for a 5,000 lb loaded trailer. Think smart, if your vehicles max towing capacity is 5,000 lbs don’t try more than 3,000. Get a bigger vehicle. If your trailer is 2,000-3,000 lbs and your small pickups tow rating is 3,500 lbs don’t do it for anything other than dry days, short trips, and low speeds. On wet days that load will push you through a stoplight. If you tow regularly get a full sized truck, a 1500 or 150 minimum. 2500 or 250 is a safer choice. Lastly if your towing don’t drive like your not, keep the speed under 60. Over that your just asking for it.

Great video. I learned this the hard way when I was 20 and the plant I was all hauling slide to the back of the trailer. Whipped and lifted the back of my pickup off the ground. No wreck but scary.

Fake, the Mustang didn’t hit a crowd

I wanted to see the car flip over. Disappointed 😩

Well illustrated how simple overloading a trailer at wrong point makes for a tail happy trailer

Thanks! This is one of the more useful videos I've watched on RU-vid in a while!

I really liked that I could watch the whole video from the thumbnail preplay thing. I really hate when videos take forever and just drone on and on, but this kept the info, short, and to the point. Thanks! Very neat vid.

You can have the perfect weight distribution and still get a sway. It happened to me taking car parts to the Canfield swap meet. Turns out the wheel bearings needed repacked and tightened up. When I went through school for diesel tech, the instructor said that if a trailer started swaying to gradually speed up to put pressure on the joint and pull it straight. He failed to say what happens when you run out of loud pedal and it's still swaying. I got lucky and got it stopped before anything bad happened.

so i don’t even have a drivers liscense or a trailer, why am i watching this.

Now things like THIS is what treadmills were really designed for.

I've witnessed 2 fatalities with this same scenario. One with a small pickup truck and the other with a standard size. The trailers looked to be overloaded and whipped the trucks around on the interstate like a rag doll. It's no joke!

Wauw. This is good stuff. Should be mandatory video-material when getting your E achter B driver's license (as we say in The Netherlands). Thanks for teaching me.

I saw this happen to a truck pulling a small trailer yesterday (it was probably going 60-70 mph). The trailer smacked the car to its left and then blew a tire and made a bit of a debris mess. Luckily no major damage appeared to happen to either car, and I was able to keep a safe distance... and dodge the blown tire (probably from the trailer) that flung into the middle of the road.

This is a very good demonstration of weight distribution and how wait can affect a towing situation

This is why I can't get any service at u haul. They're in the back playing with that😂

My Ford Ranger has trailer sway control. I thought it was a gimmick Ford introduced until the car trailer i hired started swaying and within seconds the abs compensated stopping the sway instantly! Good one Ford your Tech in this case is worthy..

Great demonstration thanks

Great demo! DROVE home the point!

I never ever thought about this , thanks for posting !

Towing a trailer with a Mustang itself is scary....forget about weight distribution lol 😂😂😂

I experienced this once, I was towing a short home built holiday trailer that someone had modified the back end of. If I went over 80 km/h the mild bumps on the highway made it whip all over the place.

Thank you for this extremely simple yet clear illustration.

I like random informative videos like this. I’m sure it will save lives.

I think it's be very important to point out that too much weight on the front of the trailer can be just as dangerous! It can put too much weight on the rear axle of the car impeding the ability to steer properly, and not adressing that issue is dangerous.

That's the best performance I've seen from a mustang

Something I knew but didn't think it would be that dramatic. Thanks for the upload.

This video will 100% save someone’s life good job mate

I only had this happen once, bicycling downhill at 20mph while towing around 60lbs of groceries home in my BICYCLE TRAILER. It was an unpleasant experience to say the least. I had loaded properly, but hadn't secured the load well enough so it shifted backwards. I was fortunate I wasn't thrown off the bike and was able to get slowed and under control. Always distribute the weight properly AND SECURE IT so it stays put.

I run a small rv transport company. I’ve towed 1000s of trailers. Keep in mind. Having the right tow vehicle to counter balance that weight is as important. I tow with nothing less than a one ton dually. That won’t happen with the right tow vehicle even if the weight distribution is off. I see people towing with small suvs. Bad mistake. Don’t do it. It don’t look cool either

Awesome! I've heard this, but never seen it in action....very helpful!

A month ago, I came to the rescue of a family on I-95 in Bristol, PA. Evidently, the male driver was towing a heavy duty construction trailer behind a vehicle not rated for something so tail-heavy. So I wasn't surprised to find both his SUV & trailer flipped upside down. Lucky for him and his 2 daughters, no one was seriously hurt.

Mustang was looking for a crowd that whole time

Why is the mustang pulling a trailer 😂😂

Awesome !!! I’m taking a road trip tomorrow and I’m pulling a trailer I was wondering about this weight distribution.. thanks

Meanwhile the news is reporting on a new flavor of ice cream at Ben & Jerry's. This would be something I would applaud for being on the news

I had this happen with my 2014 Ram 1500, my hands put the majority of the weight on the back of a 16' hydraulic lift trailer. As soon as I hit 50 mph I almost lost it going down the highway, but thank goodness for my cat like reflexes and steady foot work that I saved it. P.S. I also had a full crew in my cab that day, I dont think they'll ever do It again.

I'll make sure no one uses there finger to push and wobble my trailer.

Cool demonstration. No need to say anything more 👍 Very educational

this is a good video. People will be more aware about their safety

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Wow, Great information...Must highly consider..for towing equipment...Thank You

Absolutely Feckin Awesome. I always tow trailers 1.5 times weighing the tow vehicle. Works awesome never stuck in the snow. Thanks

Five years ago a contractor rented an excavator to do a foundation dig. Once done, his crew ran the excavator up on to the end of their trailer, didn't lock it down saying the rental place is only a couple of miles away. About a mile down the road they lost control and crashed the truck, trailer, and excavator off the road taking out a guy's driveway. No one got hurt, but there was a lot of damage to everything.

One thing I see wrong is the supposed axle is to much in the center of the frame .. when in reality they sit back 75% of the total length of the trailer... therefore most of the weight automatically weight is in front..

I love the model car and trailer. I would wait for the right time and then steal the models as well as the conveyor belt. Then I’d never leave my house.

Thanks for this. I am about to tow my car on my new trailer and had this very question. Many thanks.

Thank You, that was very simple to understand much better than words alone

So no one wants to talk about the hand of God behind that mustang?

Weight needs to go over the axle too. the trailer and the truck need to be working together to pull it. You don't want too much tongue weight. But otherwise accurate

great short video, we all thank you and we learned a lot... !!!

Excellent vlog... simple and to the point...

When I was 10 i watched my step dad load a trailer with a truck and a car. The truck on the back and the car in the front. Well long story short...he totalled 3 vehicles that day

For now there's no useless treadmill in my house again..

Awesome advice on RU-vid. You might have saved lives with that. Thanks.

This test is so useful for defining the key point.

60/40 is safe rule of thumb, but be careful of overloading the front on bigger loads - too much in the front can cause jackknifing, like around corners

This model is incorrect. If you loaded your trailer the way this model is showing, you wouldn’t have anything in the middle of the trailer. They should show more positions ahead of the axles. The majority of the weight should be slightly ahead of the axle.

This is good for all the truck and trailer drivers out there

I had this problem whit my trailer few more years ago. And never know what did the problem. Thanks for this video. Excuse me my english is bad.

I see camper haulers all the time all over the road. They need to watch this before they kill someone

Human: *screws up on weight distribution Car: aight imma spin out

Now I know how to counter all those trailer poking giants running around. Thanks!

Excellent demo !

First of all why would I tow with a mustang?

Wheel placement on the trailer plays a factor as well Most trailers have wheel placement in the back third of the trailer. Not right in the middle of the trailer. And if you have most of the weight from the wheels of the trailer dispersed to the front of the trailer, I think that also provides better control.

Perfect demonstration, thank you

Great demonstration-thanks.

Btw why did it recommend me after 3 whole years....

Well if a huge hand pushes my trailer *OF COURSE I'M GONNA CRASH*

Fantastic Demo!

What a nice wholesome, informative video. Ty

That mustang can barely go in a straight line as it is , Now you want a mustang with a loaded trailers crashing into a crowd full of people

I love the University of Kentucky. Go Wildcats!

Excellent instructional video. Very useful information.

Awesome demonstration!

All weight is supposed to be in middle of axel not the front

I don't see no crowds!!

Tha ks for the recommendation, youtube. I keep this in mind the next time im gonna go to a trip.

Great demo, vey helpful!

Ditch the mustang, it’s a bad example because it automatically gets a 50% higher chance of crashing

Wait so your saying that if I have a 10,000 trailer I should have 6,000 in the front of it ? What hitch can handle that much tongue weight ?

Thank you for the Input.

Great demonstration!