bucking/chucking with a TT?
Hi, We are considering moving from a 5th wheel to a TT. After tons of reasearch, I have figured that with a Hensley Arrow and Propride we can get a pretty good ride with respect to sway. Some claim...
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wmoses wrote:cruz-in wrote:
bucking and chucking may not have been the best words....I am referring to being bounced around (via porpoising, etc.) when, for instance, driving on rough concrete interstates, etc....
If you have a TT, ANY hitch setup will result in porpoising when the speed of the rig and the road surface (and of course hitch load) are just right for those conditions - don't let anyone fool you. It is the physics of the articulating arrangement on a truck-trailer combination. As "Passin' Thru" mentioned, LA and MS roads can be expecially inducive to this down in the south. If you have a smooth surface that is not providing a repeating pattern of perturbations then there would be no porpoising with any hitch setup. Given this is the case, the most practicable solution is to immediately slow down until the road surface improves.
A fifth wheel arrangement would not have this problem to anywhere close to the same degree due to the location of the load point on the truck.
I tend to disagree with you last sentence. 5ers do chuck. That's why they make air hitches, MoreRyde and Trailair type king pins. Our 5er chucks some. Less since we installed a MoreRyde. Just the nature of the towing game.
