Weight and Truck
Have a 1989 Fleetwood Taurus travel trailer. Weight is 6500. Need to get a truck. Can someone tell me what the minimum I should be looking for. I read all about tongue weight, etc. I have in my drivew...
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cs2kplus wrote:
@ ol'grouch....Sure does seem like it has HD suspension. I drove it yesterday. Not a bad ride. However - there is a bit of a tug when turning steering wheel. Not so much a tug....but feels like something ain't right. It was not enough to cause a loss of control of the wheel tho. Also someone mentioned that the tires look to small and maybe they replaced them when they decided to sell? I am thinking maybe that is the reason for the tug in the steering wheel? Are your tires bigger or same?
The steering is heavy. There is a steering damper on the front linkage. It looks like a shock absorber on the side. That's just the nature of the beast. The tires look about the right size. Mine are slightly larger but there's just as much wheel space in the fenders. There were two size tires on those and I went with the slighly larger size. When I got mine, I thought someone had put a lift kit on it. Nope, those 6 inch blocks are factory standard.
When you looked in the rear wheel openings, did you see just one set of leaf springs or three? When I drove my truck, the seller had a ton of dirt in the back to improve the ride. Without the dirt, it's a roght ride.
If I can get them posted, I'll take a picture of my springs. I've had a 3200 pound electric motor in the back. There was definitely something back there but it handled it pretty well.
