Stability, hitch and tongue weight....

Flapper wrote:


Truck: F-150, SCrew, Eco, Max Tow, HD Payload, LT "E" tires.
Travel Trailer: Grand Design Imagine 2670MK, 32ft.
Hitch: Andersen "No Sway" WDH


So, opinions please - ditch the hitch, and get a ProPride? Buy more batteries for tongue weight? Both? Or suck it up and accept that this is why people say 5th's tow better than TT's?

Hi,

I looked up your camper. Nice camper! https://www.granddesignrv.com/showroom/2018/travel-trailer/imagine/floorplans/2670mk

I also notice GD starts with a dry tongue weight in the 9.7% area. The rear kitchen can be heavy and that is only offset by weight up front.

Your loaded TW's in the 10.5% and 11.8% are lower then ideal in a TT setting, but I do not think that is all of your issue. Are those GVW weights and TW's from actual scale tickets or estimates?

Please tell us what brand/type of truck tires you have and what pressure you run the front and rear tires at when towing. I see you have listed load range E, but need more info. And tell us what tire pressure the camper is running at too. (and what is the max cold side wall pressure on the camper tires)

I do not want to point at your WD hitch just yet as tires can make or break a tow rig regardless of the style of friction based WD hitch. Even the Reese DC can have issue with tires.

What you are describing is not normal in my opinion and points to something that needs to be found and corrected.

Good for you trying to sort this out.

Hope this helps

John