Shaky towing experience, please advise
Just returned from a recent trip, comprised of three legs, each much longer than our previous trips. Leg A: 275 miles, mostly on 4 lane divided highways through the Texas hill country. I ran 55-60...
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Well thanks Gdetrailer. Years ago, when I was NOT towing, I hydroplaned in a light rain and did so to the extent that I was flying down the interstate facing the headlights of a tractor trailer truck "behind me". Thankfully, we lived through it.
So I definitely know what "light steering" or "feels like you're driving on ice" or "hydroplaning" feels like. And there were easily a dozen moments on leg B of my trip where it felt that way. Please note: I am NOT saying we were literally slipping and sliding on leg B, I am saying that the lack of responsiveness in the steering wheel felt the same as when we hydroplaned in the past. Also, the moment would come and go in just a few seconds and stability was restored (until it occurred again, about 1 out of every 5 or 10 big trucks that went by).
I have a very hard time believing this is normal or the way it is supposed to be. I'm not talking about JUST a push-pull feeling when a truck passes; we all know that is to be expected to some extent. I'm talking about the feeling in your steering wheel where if you had to react to it, that you have zero confidence that turning the wheel would indeed point the truck in the desired direction.
Thanks everyone for your continued input.
So I definitely know what "light steering" or "feels like you're driving on ice" or "hydroplaning" feels like. And there were easily a dozen moments on leg B of my trip where it felt that way. Please note: I am NOT saying we were literally slipping and sliding on leg B, I am saying that the lack of responsiveness in the steering wheel felt the same as when we hydroplaned in the past. Also, the moment would come and go in just a few seconds and stability was restored (until it occurred again, about 1 out of every 5 or 10 big trucks that went by).
I have a very hard time believing this is normal or the way it is supposed to be. I'm not talking about JUST a push-pull feeling when a truck passes; we all know that is to be expected to some extent. I'm talking about the feeling in your steering wheel where if you had to react to it, that you have zero confidence that turning the wheel would indeed point the truck in the desired direction.
Thanks everyone for your continued input.
