interesting

He should have filed an insurance claim rather than a warranty claim. Let the insurance company fight to see if they can get GM to warranty stupid.
 
Over on TacomaWorld, the discussion regarding this is the trailer was 2900#, the guy was doing 40 MPH and hit gully or berm. The trailer went airborn.

He obviously did not stick the landing...
 
Scott B. said:
Over on TacomaWorld, the discussion regarding this is the trailer was 2900#, the guy was doing 40 MPH and hit gully or berm. The trailer went airborn.

He obviously did not stick the landing...
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I had seen a similar version in one of the other places I had seen this as well.
 
4x4x4doors said:
Interesting (older - 2015) article on bent frames down under.
https://www.whichcar.com.au/reviews/bent-utes
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This is an interesting bit.

"And it’s only the rare car company that makes any allowances for dirt roads; most prominently, Land Rover changes their maximum tow weights from 3500kg to just 1000kg when off-road."

Just over 7700 lb tow rating down to just over 2200 lbs when towing off road. Or 28.6% of the rated tow capacity when off road. The tongue capacity should be reduced as well I guess.

My Tacoma has a max towing and tongue capacity off 6500 and 650 lbs respectively. A reduction to 28.6% would yield 1857 and 186 lbs.

A ZR2 Colorado Duramax has a max towing capacity of 5000 lbs not 7700 lbs (Read the fine print). The 28.6% formula yields 1429 and 143 lbs.

The guy had a tongue weight of 347 lbs and a trailer weight of 2100 lbs.
 
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