i have had it happen a couple of times, first stupidly accelerating with a car on a car trailer and the second and most scary moment of my life was when a truck overtook me when i was towing a big boat doing about 90km and sucked the trailer all over the road. One of the left trailer wheels parted company and sped into the bush after keeping up with me for a while.
in both cases i tried to back off and/or brake. with the car on the trailer the swinging got so bad it felt like the back wheels of my old XT were coming off the ground. I accelerated pulling the trailer straight and the swing stopped. I then eased off the separator and got it under control
with the truck suck i tried to accelerate, i tried to back off, i tried to brake i thought we were dead, my br in law crapped himself and nothing seemed to work until the speed washed off and i was able to ease off onto the shoulder, stop, then look for the wheel still with hub attached in the bush.
i am a fan of accelerating out of it, it has saved me the first time. second was a fluke
load things properly, don't go too fast, don't tow things that are beyond your car or your capabilities.
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