06Fargo wrote:
Zeppe807 wrote:
06Fargo wrote:
15% tongue weight - good. Try adjusting your mirrors out just so you cannot see your trailer when driving straight down the road. Go for a drive and report back... see if sway improved.
I just did 300 miles with that tongue weight. I don't need mirrors to let me know the 29 ft trailer is fish tailing. You could blindfold me and I'd still feel it.
At 1,300 lbs of tongue weight I am over my hitch receiver rating by 30%. I need to keep it at 1000 lbs or 11% tongue weight.
Joe Zeppe
I was asking how your rig would handle when you can't see your trailer. :)
Back in the full time driving class 8 days I had more than one driver out on a familiarization trip who had not pulled double wagons before who would sub consciously "chase" the trailer sway in the mirrors and keep it going. So if you are happy you are not "chasing the trailer" then I would try another truck on the same trailer...no wait that has been suggested and not done...
We changed from range E tires to 19.5" range G tires on our 3500 and the difference in "stablility" is night and day.
But I wouldn't go into tire blame mode until I tried a different truck with your trailer.
And I won't disagree with you a HA type hitch is a good piece of kit with a long travel trailer.
If we were closer and I towed with one we would pull your trailer with my truck, then rig the hitch on yours and so on till the issue is fixed.
Hit my post limit on this one so signing off to watch now.
So tomorrow I have scheduled to tow it with my dad's old faithfull 92 Ford F250 camper/trailer special. It never has these issues, so if it acts wierd with that, I know it's the trailer. I also plan on adjusting the bars a little more and checking the wheel/axle alignment tomorrow in an empty level school parking lot.
I will take it for a ride with my truck, then with his over the same roads.
I'm hitting it as hard as I can. My schedule does not allow for much play. I leave at 3am for work, and I don't make it back home until 6 or 7 each night. I also drive 250 miles a day to and from work. So things happen slowly sometimes. I am willing to try everything that has been suggested. In fact I'm looking at cam style hitch to try off Craigslist.
Thanks everyone,
Joe Zeppe
