traveling with water tows better?
This seems odd to me, but I have come to the conclusion that towing with a full fresh tank of water, the trailer actually tows better. Anyone ever experience this before? It's not night and day be...
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Lynnmor wrote:RoyBell wrote:
Glad to hear it's not just me.
My only theory is the fact that it puts the bulk of the weight LOW. Essentially lowering the center of gravity of the trailer.
Good point, I never heard anyone express that before.
This is a good point as far as it goes. But since those tanks have NO Baffling to prevent the liquid from pounding front to back or side to side there is the distinct likelihood that in an evasive maneuver you would set up a 300 to 400 pound liquid "hammer" pounding back and forth in the tank.
This could set up a harmonic sway in the trailer and cause a loss of control that even acceleration might not stop.
This and the fact I don't need to haul the extra weight around for 1000 miles (my trips are fairly long) I go with empty tanks.
