Trailer sway
I recently bought a new 23-ft trailer, my old one was 18-ft. I have only taken it on one trip so far. I have noticed that this trailer has considerably more sway than the old one. I am set up with ...
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Need-A-Vacation wrote:
Cactusdog,
You need to weigh a total of 3 times to get all the weights. Not sure if you did from the numbers you posted.
1- Truck and trailer ready to roll down the road w/ the wd bars " latched up".
2- Truck and trailer, but with the wd bars "unlatched".
3- Truck only, leave the hitch in and wd bars in the bed.
Try to weigh at a CAT Scale as it has 3 scales that your trucks front/rear wheels and trailer wheels sit on seperately as long as you stop in the correct spot. Take a broom handle or somthing similar unless you happen to be 7' tall to reach the call button!
Then post back in a new thread with your numbers.
I took two passes at the CAT scale. Both times all 4 wheels of the truck were on the 1st scale, while all 4 wheels of the trailer were on the 2nd scale. For the 2nd pass, I unhitched everything and the tongue jack was planted on the 2nd scale as well.
The weights I got the first time were 6340 and 5400. The second pass was 5700 and 6040. From that I figured my tongue weight was 640. I figure the only thing I'm missing is weights of the individual axles (truck and trailer). Correct?
Thanks also for the info on different hitches - I'll be looking into those.
