Need advice on toy hauler swaying on freeway
I would greatly appreciate any feedback and advice please. My TV is a 2012 Toyota Tacoma DBL Cab short bed 4x4 with a 4.0 V6. I just bought a toy hauler that is 22' long and weighs 3600#s dry with a...
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Stevepro172 wrote:09KZMXT266 wrote:APT wrote:
You've got the new truck, right? Can you get the new weights while adjusting the WDH? When you do this, take 3 passes. The two you have done, truck alone and truck/TT. Also get one with the truck/trailer without the WD bars attached. This will provide actual TW.
Your OEM Ford receiver should be good for at least 960 pounds, probably 1150.
I will do this, but not until I get to 1000 miles per the manual. I'm only at 460 now. So, I plan on driving the heck out of her this weekend to try to get to 1k miles ASAP. Once I do get to 1k miles, I'll weigh everything again with the new truck. I'm hesitant to weight the truck and trailer on the hitch ball mount because the limit on the hitch states 500 lbs. without WD Hitch. If what the other poster said is correct and I have 1k TW, then I really don't want to put double the max on the Hitch ball mount. Although, maybe it would be okay just for a short time to re-weigh? I really think, in the end, I'll find out the TW is not 1k lbs. If it is, I'm screwed even worse than I thought.
My Ram 1500 says the same thing about the hitch. 500lbs without WDH and 1000lbs with. I will pull my trailer without the bars for 5 miles to put it back into storage without issue. You will be fine taking off your bars to get the true tongue weight!
I've decided to buy a tongue weight scale. Sounds like an invaluable thing for someone like me to have with my toy hauler. I'm obviously going to have to move a lot cargo around to get the TW correct. With no room for error due to only 1200lb payload, knowing exactly where I stand as I load up will be nice. Luckily I live down the road from E-Trailer, so I can just run by and pick it up. :)
Today, I'm going to take a long drive to get closer to the 1k mile mark. At some point today I'll fill up, and weigh my truck as well. That way, I'll at lease have one base measurement before I even tow with the new truck. After I get to 1k miles, I'll hook up and re-weigh. Maybe someday I'll actually camp in the new VRV. :)
