New 5th wheel doesn't tow well

2112 wrote:

IBcarguy wrote:

This gets me thinking...going to our destination, the fresh water tank was full (rear of axles) and the black and grey were empty (front of trailer). The chucking was pretty severe. Coming home, the fresh water tank was down about a 1/3 and the black & grey hadn't been dumped yet. The chucking wasn't as bad on the return trip...I even remember commenting to my wife that the road home must be a little smoother because the jerking didn't seem as bad coming home! Hmmm, you might be on to something! I'm going to empty the rear tank, put some ballast in the front end and take it for a test drive.

If this improves your situation add weight in the basement and/or shift weight from aft to forward axles to get you to your TV payload limit. That solved my chucking problem.