Horrible Sway
I tried to find a previous post, but was unable to. Sorry if this is a common question/post. I have a 2015 Hideout 31rbts. Dry weight is 8500# from the factory. I tow it with a 2011 Ford F250 6.7 Pow...
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06Fargo wrote:coolbreeze01 wrote:
An easy test would be little tow without your weight distribution hooked up.
One job our TV has from time to time is towing a dump trailer at around 15,000lbs with no WD. Truck has rear self leveling air suspension so it doesn't "squat" and change the steering geometry as tongue and cargo weight changes.
Next time when you hook on the dump trailer, take a measurement of the height of your front fender well before you hook up.
Disable your auto-leveling, load up the dump trailer, and take a second measurement of that front fender well.
Activate your auto-leveling, let it do its thing, then take a THIRD measurement of that front fender well.
There will be very little difference in the height of that front fender well with the auto-leveling disabled vs. active. Both will be higher than unloaded.
All your auto-leveling is doing is making the rig LOOK better. It is doing nothing to "fix" your steering geometry.
Raising the rear does not push the front end back down. Only a WD hitch will do that.
It makes me wonder: If level is so darned important why don't they mount the axles rigidly to the frame? Then the truck would never be out of level no matter how much weight you put into it.
