Hitch or receiver CLARIFICATION

Ron Nielson wrote:

lowfly wrote:
What gives you the most bang for your buck in terms of reducing the jerking on an open road pull ....a good hitch or good receiver if you can't buy both?

I use a B&W Companion. No chucking, banging, jerking, noise or anything else unwanted. Just works GREAT. Simple pinbox on my trailer, no need to spend extra money on fancy pinboxes IF you buy a the right hitch to start with. Solve the problem at the SOURCE, not somewhere else.

I do not see how one rigid hitch will have less chucking than another rigid hitch.

We were pulling a 38 ft. Carriage Cameo and it has the Mor/Ryde pinbox, Mor/Ryde LRE4000 suspension and a Reese 20K hitch. We were getting some chucking at times on certain road surfaces.

Chucking is often aggravated by light pin weight. This was not the case with the Cameo. I was a bit over 20% of the trailer weight.

We went to the Trailer Saver TS3 air ride hitch and it farther reduced chucking on the road.

I see one of the big problems as the poor condition on the highway system across the country.

The HitchHiker has the Demco Glide pinbox and Mor/Ryde IS suspension. The ride is pretty darn good, but we still get chucking at times, but the road has to be pretty rough. One section of road in Louisiana is pretty bad and we just turn on the flashers and drop down to about 40mph to save the truck and trailer.

A friend changed to an Air Born, air ride pinbox and says it does a great job in reducing the banging and chucking on his rig.

I do not believe that a person can say absolute positively that any one hitch, pin box will work for every truck and trailer combination.

Another friend has a 3500 CC DRW chevy and was doing fine with his older trailer. He bought a new trailer and he says the truck buck and pitched like a wild horse. He tried two models of the Trailer Saver and neither one worked so Trailer Saver refunded all of his money.

HE finally went to Mor/Ryde and had their IS suspension installed. They weigh each wheel position before installing the suspension. They found a pretty unbalanced load over the two axles so they made adjustments to the new suspension in the stiffness of each wheel position. He is using the old Reese 20K hitch and is now a happy camper with the ride.

So if all else fails, you may need to consider a trip to Mor/Ryde and getting a better suspension on the trailer.

Ken