Getting the most of your Cottrell Carhauler: Know the limitations of Geography
Steep Grades can bring your Cottrell to a screeching halt, so be careful!There is probably not a carhauler or Cottrell owner in the United States who has not heard of Marcus Costa, a carhauler accused of second degree murder because his car hauler went out of control on the San Gabriel mountains and ended up killing two people. Costa claims it was brake failure coupled with no accessible runway to swerve his carhauler into. The State claims it was negligence and that he was warned by a firefighter that the mountains were way to steep for his 25 ton carhauler trailer.
I don’t know who is right. I do know that a 25 ton vehicle moving up a mountain is going to be difficult at best. Anything man made, with enough stress, is going to eventually fail against gravity. Also, the carhauler received a verbal warning by the fireman that the mountain was too steep and ignored it, even though the car haulers brakes had been inspected a few weeks earlier.
The real key is to plan your car carrier routes to avoid topography this difficult. Why even risk being in a situation was difficult as Autohauler Marcus Costa’s. Even a Cottrell Trailer, with all the technical innovations, is best kept on even ground.
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