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msmith1_wa
Apr 10, 2015Explorer
As previously stated I also have this same trailer. My dry trailer weights are 1420 tounge and 8260 on the axles for a total of 9680. This equals 14.7% tounge weight. Mine has the 5500 watt gen and amped up package. So far I have only towed mine with the fresh, black, and grey tanks empty, the gen tank mostly full and the pump tank with about 10 gal in it and a couple of bicycles in the cargo area. I do have a the front compartments pretty full.
I tow with a 2003 2500hd Silverado that is lifted with 35" tires. I am also using a Reese dual cam with 1700lb bars.
The first trip was to the Washington coast the trailer towed fine but the truck seamed squirly. Like the front was light.
The second trip was to the Moses Lake area. I removed things from the front storage that I did not need and moved other items to the rear under floor compartment in an effort to reduce tounge weight some. The truck was still squirly but less so. On the way home I tightened the bars one link and the squirly feeling was gone.
I still want to weigh everything loaded with and without atv's.
You need to get your truck weighed with and without the trailer hooked.
My guess is that your front end is too light. Caused by either the weight distribution bars being too small or are not properly adjusted.
I tow with a 2003 2500hd Silverado that is lifted with 35" tires. I am also using a Reese dual cam with 1700lb bars.
The first trip was to the Washington coast the trailer towed fine but the truck seamed squirly. Like the front was light.
The second trip was to the Moses Lake area. I removed things from the front storage that I did not need and moved other items to the rear under floor compartment in an effort to reduce tounge weight some. The truck was still squirly but less so. On the way home I tightened the bars one link and the squirly feeling was gone.
I still want to weigh everything loaded with and without atv's.
You need to get your truck weighed with and without the trailer hooked.
My guess is that your front end is too light. Caused by either the weight distribution bars being too small or are not properly adjusted.
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