Scary moment!

[mat777]

A trucker friend of mine just posted this on facebook. Now I know how scary it must be for you guys to drive in crosswinds... and I never knew trailers had so much torsional give in them!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=3585056519122

[mat777]

So in conclusion, it seems that like most modern stuff built only to appease fuel economy nazis, modern trailers are so flimsy they are barely fit for purpose?

[mat777]

why not just go back to a flatbed and a big canvas then?

[mat777]

I sympathise a lot there! I have an old 45ft curtain rolled up in the garage that I plan to make into some smaller tarps for stuff, and by bloody god is it fking heavy stuff!