Towing questions,,,
Hello, I hope its ok to post this since I am not towing a camper but I am towing a 97 Pace shadow 28ft enclosed tag trailer. Its the tall one. We use it for garden tractor pulling. I tow with a 94...
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Hello, A little update.
I did some reading on setting up a weight distribution hitch. Got it all set up. Right now trailer only has two tractors in it and figured out the weight from empty weight plus what tractors weigh plus other stuff in trailer.
I came up with about 6620 lbs. I made a bar to use on a bathroom scale that cut the weight by 4 times. I have around 940 lbs on hitch. The leveler bars I have are rated at 1000 lbs. I set up the hitch so the height on the front of the truck dropped maybe 1/8" and the back dropped about 1/2" with nothing in air bags.
Just put new E rated Bridgestone tires on the truck and new rear shocks. I went for a little test drive today and it rides way smoother than it used to. But there was a pretty strong cross wind and I was all over the place. I don't have a sway bar on the hitch but just ordered one.
Will a single sway bar on it make a huge difference in a cross wind or am I off to far on the weight on the hitch?
Is there any truth to what I heard that new tires will get better with some miles on them?
We are going to a pull next weekend that is about 6 hrs away and will have 4 tractors in the trailer so total weight will be in the area of 8500 lbs with all the other stuff we take also. So I am trying to get it as good as it can be with the truck I have.
Tom
I did some reading on setting up a weight distribution hitch. Got it all set up. Right now trailer only has two tractors in it and figured out the weight from empty weight plus what tractors weigh plus other stuff in trailer.
I came up with about 6620 lbs. I made a bar to use on a bathroom scale that cut the weight by 4 times. I have around 940 lbs on hitch. The leveler bars I have are rated at 1000 lbs. I set up the hitch so the height on the front of the truck dropped maybe 1/8" and the back dropped about 1/2" with nothing in air bags.
Just put new E rated Bridgestone tires on the truck and new rear shocks. I went for a little test drive today and it rides way smoother than it used to. But there was a pretty strong cross wind and I was all over the place. I don't have a sway bar on the hitch but just ordered one.
Will a single sway bar on it make a huge difference in a cross wind or am I off to far on the weight on the hitch?
Is there any truth to what I heard that new tires will get better with some miles on them?
We are going to a pull next weekend that is about 6 hrs away and will have 4 tractors in the trailer so total weight will be in the area of 8500 lbs with all the other stuff we take also. So I am trying to get it as good as it can be with the truck I have.
Tom
