Front to rear Porpoising
OK, 16,200 GVW, 12,700 on the axles, 3200 on the pin. Trailer wants to porpoise while towing, In other words the rear drops down while the front maintains the same height, causing a up and down moveme...
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stickdog, thanks for straightening up my math.
JohnBoyToo, I've tried them from 5 up and 9 seems to help the most.
I've tried putting 200 lbs in the rear of the truck, helped some but not enough. As I said earlier, when watching the trailer in the mirrors you can see it rocking or at least the rear of the trailer is going up and down which in turn takes pin weight off the truck which then causes the bouncing, at least that is my theory. When it warms up I am going to craw under the trailer and check everything and will probably change the shocks on it too. I've fought this problem since last year when I bought the trailer, can make it better but not completely fix it, actually I can make it worse but probably no better now than it was with everything stock on the truck. IMO.
JohnBoyToo, I've tried them from 5 up and 9 seems to help the most.
I've tried putting 200 lbs in the rear of the truck, helped some but not enough. As I said earlier, when watching the trailer in the mirrors you can see it rocking or at least the rear of the trailer is going up and down which in turn takes pin weight off the truck which then causes the bouncing, at least that is my theory. When it warms up I am going to craw under the trailer and check everything and will probably change the shocks on it too. I've fought this problem since last year when I bought the trailer, can make it better but not completely fix it, actually I can make it worse but probably no better now than it was with everything stock on the truck. IMO.
