Major Sway Problems! Any ideas!?
Hey everyone, I'm new here! Hope you all had a nice weekend. I just got back from a 6 hour drive to Lake Cumberland, and ran into some pretty sketchy situations while driving. I have a 6,100lb tra...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:rhagfo wrote:TucsonJim wrote:
You need to load much more weight in the front of the trailer to increase your tongue weight.
I haven't taken the time to read all the post as this is the nail on the head!!!!!!
Tongue weight at least 15 percent of your trailer wight, then trailer level or slightly nose down!
IMHO save all the headaches and buy a 5er and be done with it!!!
I'm ready to pull the trigger on one as soon as I can sell mine. Made the ad this morning. I'd like to cover some serious mileage and I don't care to do it with a trailer that wants to sway at 60mph. I've already got my new one picked out. I think tongue weight is the issue. I wasn't aware that it needed to be closer to 15%. Mine is 10% when the camper is dry, and thats before I load the cabinets in the kitchen full of food and drinks etc. Not to mention I had over 200lbs of bicycles on the back of the camper. I've learned a lot in this thread, and I appreciate all the advice. I will own this trailer for a bit longer, as its not going to be easy to sell a 2005 imo. I will load the tongue heavy and give it a try here soon just for my curiosity. Thanks again!
