What is the tendancy for roll over?

Tacoma-Robert

Tacoma-Robert

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I drove cars very hard during my ignorant immature youth. Let's just say that I was doing 'drifting' about 40 years before it became a popular term. Other terms have yet to be created.

What I came to personally believe is that a car (any halfway ok car) can't roll over unless you hit something. I might be wrong. But I still personally believe that.

I don't have any 'feel' for my new Tacoma.

Not sure how to ask the question so my question even makes sense?

How sensitive is this truck to rolling over? What can it take? Is there any subjective description for how far it can be pushed?

By the way, I'd now like to invent the term 'topping'. That's when you spin your car 360 degrees.
 
Most rolls I have seen in Tacomas have been due to uneven surfaces. A kid is sliding around a corner on a dirt road and he lets off of the throttle because the back end is coming out. The outside tires dig into a hole and the truck goes over. They are more top heavy than cars but there is no way to tell how more sensitive and when they will go over. I'm sure they don't like sudden side to side weight transfers. Just don't drive it like a Porsche and you should be ok.
 
Another thought about sliding the truck around is the open rear diff. You are going to need a slippery surface to get the rear end out.
 
whippersnapper02 said:
A kid is sliding around a corner on a dirt road and he lets off of the throttle because the back end is coming out.
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Yikes. I can totally see me doing that under dire circumstances. One of the things I picked up with cars is that when everything is lost, frikken lock em up. Put your foot through the brake and bleed speed as fast as possible. Sometimes a half second thinking trying to hang on can hurt ten times more. But that was with cars which don't normally roll over.

Thanks for that. That's exactly the kind of info that I was looking for. In an emergency I may try to hang on longer with the truck. Good stuff.
 
More often you will experience the truck rear end slide. A slide can introduce the opportunity for sidewall contact; perpendicular, no longer rolling. You can help yourself by turning the front wheels back into a rolling direction.

I was able to practice this on a slick track at a police training facility. Very cool and experienced actual slide/recovery. We used pickup trucks with bald tires and liquid soap on a circular sloped track.

Enough speed and a perpendicular position from a slide puts any vehicle at risk to grab and flip.
 
Honestly have personally seen a slow moving roll over by a 2wd truck with a topper. She was going slow hit some Soft earth on the shoulder jerked the wheel and over she went on her lid. Both were wearing their seatbelts and didn't have any injuries. Driving smart is the best advice and watching where you put your tires is the key.
 
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