Vehicle "rise" while towing.
Have towed for years with various vehicles. And have always followed the general rule of levelling the tow vehicle front, back to pre-tow hookup. In fact, I just read through most of the Sticky at the...
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Wade44 wrote:marpel wrote:
I have never owned a 2500, so wonder if this is HD specific or if this is now the recommended method for towing with all GMC trucks (don't know about the other makes)?
Marv
Having towed just about everything imaginable from trailers full of hay, to livestock, to you name it my entire life on the farm, with everything from 3/4 ton Fords and GM's to F450's, and at weights which were totally overloaded in a lot of cases, I find it hard to believe you're going to be able to measure any front end rise on a HD truck when loaded down towing conventionally or otherwise.
Cat Scale.
And trailers without the side-sail area of a TT aren’t a comparison which matters. Not
a weight question. It’s a STEERING question.
The majority of loss-of-control accidents are wind-induced. TT gets airborne (keel over)
and it’s down to steering degree & duration. “Feel”.
Sudden crosswind is enough. Man-made or naturally occurring.
Plenty of Utube vids of tractor trailers getting lifted from rear before going over.
TT needs to be dead-level after WDH applied. (Carpenters level across doorway). Need all the side-sway resistance four tires can bring to bear (as the two on the TV can’t do it alone), and to MAXIMIZE braking of both vehicles. Countering nose down tendency. (4-axle braking over 2-axle rig total).
TEST.
