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Keel
Explorer
Sep 28, 2015

Welp, Made it through the first use of pop up..

The wife and I used my newly bought camper for the first time last week, up at the Nascar race.. It went well, for the most part.. did have a few issues that I will start threads on, The first i...
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Keel
Explorer
Sep 28, 2015
DavidP wrote:
A ford explorer does not weigh 5800 lbs. Not sure what the weight is but my guess would be around 4000.
The bounce you are getting is from a very soft rear suspension. Adding a WDH will help stiffing that up and allow you to adjust the hitch height to get the trailer level or a slight drop in the front. Hitch high is not ideal and will unload the tongue weight allowing for potential sway.

my ford sport trac weight is 5800 lb =/- per new England dragways scales..

and what is a WDH

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