Muddydogs wrote:
How about slowing down? If your talking anything like the frost heaves we get around here then nothing is going to help unless you slow down.
I pretty much never go above 65 regardless of how good the roads are. Tried slowing to 55 when it got really bad, but there was very little improvement. Not sure how much you'd have to slow to get a significant improvement, but I'm not going to go less than 55 on on interstate!
Muddydogs wrote:
I would think that a 2500 long bed pickup would handle your 8000 lbs trailer just fine without any WD.
Well, that was how I started out. I asked at the dealership (and you know, they like to sell you things) however they told me that with my truck, "I'd just drop it on the ball and go." I did opt to add a friction sway bar just in case. Like I said, the truck handled it just fine like that. Sat level, no sag, good steering and handling, no sway and on a good road, it towed great. But when you hit bad sections of pavement, the porpoising was very uncomfortable. Never unsafe in any way, just very uncomfortable.
Muddydogs wrote:
Is the porposing normal for the road conditions and you don't realize it? Are you new to trailer towing? Hate to see a guy throw a bunch of cash at a problem that isn't really a problem and isn't going to be fixed. You have to expect some porposing with a truck and trailer as well as some pushing and pulling due to wind conditions.
That's exactly why I asked here. I don't really know if it's normal or not. I am familiar with certain streatches of road though that I drive all the time and they are not that bad in a car or even in my truck unloaded. Of course I understand that a 3/4 ton truck pulling a 8000 lb trailer isn't going to ride like a luxury sedan. I just want to improve it if possible. The Andersen was a big improvement and possibly a different hitch that can restore more weight to the front axle will do even better.
