PolarisRich wrote:
I believe I didn't have enough tension on my Spring bars! I'm sure there were many other factors in play on that first trip and with me being a newbie I should have pulled over to the side and tried going up one link to add more spring pressure to the bars! As for the tires I've read many other post that have the same pressure as Mike has suggested running them at 42 PSI. I just want to say thank you to everybody for the comments and suggestions this is really helping me understand and inform me on other choices that I'm sure will be made in the future!
My trailer dry is 5050# and wet about 6500#.
I have 8 links on top of the slot, hanging over, on the rotary latch with 3 1/2 links showing from the bar to the bottom of the rotary latch under tension.
This works "perfectly". I initially only had 7 links hanging and 4 1/2 links showing under tension and that was not enough. It left my trailer nose and truck rear noticeably low, and allowed some sway with very bad 40+ mph crosswinds.
1 link made a "world of difference" pulling the trailer nose and truck rear up, and putting more tension on the spring bars so that the bars has some curve to them.
I was told that these bars need to be tensioned where you see them bend or they don't do their job very well with sway control.
I will say when I said that 42 psi caused the truck to jump to the side over large bumps, that was when the truck was solo. Not sure about towing, but I've never had issues with the truck solo aired to 35 psi to 40 psi. So "I" wouldn't air my tires over 40 psi cold solo or towing.
