Truck floating in front of travel trailer
I may be able to answer my own question, but just want confirmation. I have a 29ft Springdale travel trailer that i was pulling with a 2wd dodge ram 2500 5.9L. Since we stopped full timing, ...
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danv1317 wrote:
I've had 2 Crew Cab 4WD F150s like yours, a 2010 with a 5.4L and a 2012 with a 5.0L, and now a new generation 2016 Crew Cab 4WD with another 5.0L. I pull a stick and tin 2012 Jayco Jay Flight 26BH which is 29' bumper to hitch.
I see 2 problems with your setup. First is that weight distribution hitch is setup incorrectly and you're nose high which will cause porposing and will cause the trailer to be unstable.
2nd, unless you're towing that trailer with just you in it, you've probably overloaded your truck. Both my F150s of that generation had lower payload. That's one long trailer with a very heavy slide and heavy stick and tin build.
And while I can't see it, with that huge trailer, you definitely need some LT tires and not the standard P series tires that come with a F150. The P series tires are soft and will cause your rig to wallow back and forth and feel unstable.
Old hitch on new truck. Bounced and was unstable the entire way to the camper dealer. Reese straight line dual cam system proved not to work correctly on new 2016 due to it's omission of 1000 lbs bars.
New Blue Ox Sway Pro hitch for new 2016 F150. Adjusted correctly if not somewhat low. Rides very good and stable now. I did adjust 1 link tighter to get the rear up a bit more which proved to offer a better tow experience.
Good luck in making that rig work.
