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RayJay3
Explorer
Oct 06, 2015

Truck pulls to side when braking and pulling my trailer

Earlier this year I changed from a 26' 5th wheel to a 24' regular trailer. When towing the RV, I apply the brakes and the truck wants to pull to the left and sometimes to the right. When going slow ...
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Dr_Quick
Explorer II
Oct 06, 2015
Just thinking out loud. On a 5th wheel trailer very little weight is transferred to the front of the vehicle. But with a bumper tow about 25% of the weight is transferred to the tow vehicle. Just wondering if it is an alignment problem with the truck, that shows up with the extra weight on the front end.

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