Other Types of Caravan Instability
The number one concern for someone towing a caravan is snaking, but with better towing skills and experience along with a caravan stabiliser can help reduce the effects of caravan snaking. This however is not the only form of caravan instability and although a caravan stabiliser can’t help much with correcting these problems being aware of them while towing can at least reduce your chances of becoming a victim of caravan instability.
Caravan roll is something we all try to avoid. It happens when there is rotational movement at the tow hitch and is caused when the wheels, for whatever reason, leave the road. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that if the wheels are not touching the road then something bad may happen. Caravan stabilisers can’t really help with this type of caravan instability but by preventing the snaking action of caravan the stability at the hitch may just be enough to help prevent this type of disaster. Unfortunately though a snaking severely followed by hard breaking will often cause the caravan to roll. Other than this snaking though other causes of caravan roll is often poor packing producing a top heavy caravan or poor driving by cornering too fast caravan that has to stop. These are two situations in which a caravan stabiliser will not help the situation.
Caravan pitching is another case of caravan instability where a caravan stabiliser may not directly be of any use. The driver will experience the caravan rocking backwards and forwards at the hitching point and may feel like the caravan is bouncing behind them. Pitching instability is usually caused by potholes in the road, badly placed or designed speed ramps, or severe dips in the road. Pitching is often not too serious and will often right itself with any intervention from the driver.
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