Just another reason why a fifth wheeler is the safest way to tow it's all about the hitch point and weight distribution on to the tow vehicle
Also driver diligence and awareness weather towing or not
But I may have mentioned this before
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the subject of joints is off topic......BUT, I have a 10 month old Supreme and it also has similar number of roof joins. Have subsequently looked at others - including Jayco - and theyre all the same. What worse, most of the roof of each new van have buckles in the roof (including mine)
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Cheers Bruce
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the subject of joints is off topic......BUT, I have a 10 month old Supreme and it also has similar number of roof joins. Have subsequently looked at others - including Jayco - and theyre all the same. What worse, most of the roof of each new van have buckles in the roof (including mine)
Hi Bruce & Bev,
Is that because you forgot to measure before backing under the last carport.
Haha Jim - Im going to measure the van when we get to WA and on flat land (not much around in Batemans Bay, even at Bunnings as you suggested). You will have the honour of my company (I drink red wine, Jim Beam and coke, and Drambuie) - oh and my wifes (ummm - Bev, that's it - got the same sense of humour as you) in 2016.
I read you were feeling a bit stressed with work - Ive no skills in glass - but happy to help you if you need some laboring.
And now back on topic - I agree with Granty - they must have been going very slow. Very little obvious damage to either vehicle. Usually caravans fly into a million pieces when in a tip over like this one.
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It is interesting to me that there does not appear to have been a weight distribution hitch fitted to the van and tow vehicle.
Cheers, Tom
Tom one can not assume that the accident was caused by no WDH, it may have been a medical reason a blown tyre or even a roo or camel to mention a few. There have been lots of roll overs over the years and I would bet that a fair share of those had a WDH fitted. There are plenty of rigs out there that have no WDH fitted and are perfectly safe, I have towed with and without a WDH and would use one if I thought my vehicle as compromised.
It is clearly evident that the driver was going fast with the annex rolled out. This is evidenced by the unfurled annex lying on the ground in the photo above.
Obviously, an extended annex, when travelling at 134kms/hour, causes the van to become lineally and laterally unstable and begin to move sideways as well as up and down at an alarming rate. Resuscitation from there is nearly impossible.
The gas bottles were well secured.
Further examination of the photograph shows the safety chains to have remained intact and this will allow the insurance company to pay out 100% of the claim.
And that theory is about as useful as anything else presented thus far.
