Tow Vehicle Making me Seasick

raldl wrote:
I am new to this - just bought my first TT. I have a 2011 22 foot Coachman and a 2012 F-150. I use the Equalizer hitch. On my first trip I had very bad bounce while traveling on concrete roads (I was fine on blacktop). I tried towing with and without water and it was the same. The trailer and truck looked level while parked on the street and the sway bars looked horizontal. Any ideas to make for a better ride? I am heading out west in the spring and want an enjoyable trip!

Thanks,
Rick

While some bounce is unavoidable at times IMO there is a fine line in properly configuring an overall hitch system. Besides proper spring bar tension having too large WDH bars with a soft or maxed out TV rear suspension system can make matters worse. I bet you have a fairly low tongue wt. and if your bars are rated at a lot more than your actual tongue wt. that along with a "light" rear TV suspension can "amplify" for lack of a better word the "BOUNCE" you are experiencing.

As already mentioned changing your speed ... generally slower, will help a lot and at the right combination of speed and concrete expansion joint distances this bounce can hit a harmonic situation that could actually become dangerous IMO.

Larry