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ZeeLet50
Explorer
Aug 06, 2019

Please help me identify 5th wheel towing issue.

I have a 2016 3/4 ton GMC gasser with Anderson hitch connected to a 32' trailer that weighs 12.5k with about 2100lbs pin weight. When traveling I get a jerking in TV when there is a load. Happens goin...
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laknox
Nomad
Aug 07, 2019
azdryheat wrote:
5th wheels are similar in design to see-saws, they pivot in the middle and the ends go up and down. Not gonna be any fix for that.


OP's talking about chucking, which is fore and aft movement. "Porpoising" is the up and down movement of the pin.

Lyle

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