Thinking about the next Tow Vehicle
Thinking about the next tow vehicle, currently leasing a Dodge Ram 1/2 ton. and going to buy something used. Our TT is 5,100 lbs - dry weight, 25 ft.. Anyone towing with a newer V6 either truck or ...
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OP, generally I would say figure it out by “feel”, although you don’t seem prepared to be able to diagnose the cause of your poor towing traits. So weigh everything. Tongue weight, trailer weight.
What have you done to the truck, you don’t even say what it is although I’ll ASSUME a newer coil spring Ram 1500. What have you done to the truck? The schitty soft suspension in those can be easily fixed (easier IE cheaper than a new truck) by installing heavy duty coils, or airbags and possibly a heavier sway bar.
But order of magnitude, the sway if it’s true sway is not really explained by the truck and trailer size/weights. IE no gross mismatch there. And presume you have the RVers safety net. IE a wdh with sway control. If you’re swaying uncontrollably with all this, then that generally points to far too LIGHT of tongue weight.
Bottom line the info and/or lack of info makes your scenario difficult to understand.
What have you done to the truck, you don’t even say what it is although I’ll ASSUME a newer coil spring Ram 1500. What have you done to the truck? The schitty soft suspension in those can be easily fixed (easier IE cheaper than a new truck) by installing heavy duty coils, or airbags and possibly a heavier sway bar.
But order of magnitude, the sway if it’s true sway is not really explained by the truck and trailer size/weights. IE no gross mismatch there. And presume you have the RVers safety net. IE a wdh with sway control. If you’re swaying uncontrollably with all this, then that generally points to far too LIGHT of tongue weight.
Bottom line the info and/or lack of info makes your scenario difficult to understand.
