Towing TT with possible bent frame
Hello everyone. I am new to RVing and to towing a TT. I have an F250 and is in perfect condition and drives straight. When I pull my trailer (2017 Palomino Puma 32RKTS with hitch and sway control) ...
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The truck pictured below had a problem about a year ago. It was pulling to the right. Noticed it a lot on one trip with the trailer heading home. Took it to my local shop for it's oil change and while there asked them to do an alignment. They did. It still pulled to the right, so took it right back and asked them took at it again. Then everyone noticed it leaning to the passenger side. Well, still under warranty, I told them to "fix it!" So they did. Well, they said they did, but they said they couldn't really tell what the "real" problem was with the lean. So they replaced the rear spring.
Well, it leveled out the truck, but less than 1/4 mile from the shop, it pulled to right again. Very upset, I went back again, and asked them what the problem was this time. They suggested tire rotation. So they rotated the tires while I waited even longer.
Got back in the truck, less than 1/4 mile from the shop.... pulling right again. Went back and had one of the service guys drive it. He agreed, pulling to the right. He suggested with the rotated tires to give it a little time and see if the tire wear would help. OK, I very reluctantly agreed! So off I drove.
Got 1 mile down the road and the pulling stopped, no more lean. Driving straight as an arrow. By now, I'm really puzzled. I turned right around and drove back. Yup, 1/4 mile from the shop and pulling right again!
Moral of the story! DUH! It was the road!
But the lean was fixed. I must have hit one heck of an expansion joint on a bridge in Indiana towing that trailer to bust the springs! And I know better than to drive interstates in Indiana.
OP? Check the road? You may have nothing wrong at all.
Well, it leveled out the truck, but less than 1/4 mile from the shop, it pulled to right again. Very upset, I went back again, and asked them what the problem was this time. They suggested tire rotation. So they rotated the tires while I waited even longer.
Got back in the truck, less than 1/4 mile from the shop.... pulling right again. Went back and had one of the service guys drive it. He agreed, pulling to the right. He suggested with the rotated tires to give it a little time and see if the tire wear would help. OK, I very reluctantly agreed! So off I drove.
Got 1 mile down the road and the pulling stopped, no more lean. Driving straight as an arrow. By now, I'm really puzzled. I turned right around and drove back. Yup, 1/4 mile from the shop and pulling right again!
Moral of the story! DUH! It was the road!
But the lean was fixed. I must have hit one heck of an expansion joint on a bridge in Indiana towing that trailer to bust the springs! And I know better than to drive interstates in Indiana.
OP? Check the road? You may have nothing wrong at all.
