Learning curve going from 5th wheel to TT
I have logged thousands of fifth wheel miles, my wife and I decided to switch to a TT to allow us to carry our kayaks on the truck (easy to load). My truck is an F350srw 4X4 short bed, the trailer we ...
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30 mph side winds, probably is giving you a distorted view of the handling.
Trailer should be level when hooked up to the truck and the ball height simply adjusted to match. Likewise, the truck should be fairly close to level when hooked up...maybe a touch down on the nose when hooked up. This should all be with the full setup including WDH as that will change the squat characteristics.
A WDH and sway control, likely will help but hard to say if it's that or the 30mph side winds that had you rattled...especially if they were gusty winds.
I would check the hitch weight. We only get 2 inches of squat with an F250 pulling a 5er with 2600lb hitch weight. The fact that the bumper pull weight is a few feet behind the rear axle will magnify the amount going on the rear axle but it shouldn't be that much (a WDH will also change the squat).
Trailer should be level when hooked up to the truck and the ball height simply adjusted to match. Likewise, the truck should be fairly close to level when hooked up...maybe a touch down on the nose when hooked up. This should all be with the full setup including WDH as that will change the squat characteristics.
A WDH and sway control, likely will help but hard to say if it's that or the 30mph side winds that had you rattled...especially if they were gusty winds.
I would check the hitch weight. We only get 2 inches of squat with an F250 pulling a 5er with 2600lb hitch weight. The fact that the bumper pull weight is a few feet behind the rear axle will magnify the amount going on the rear axle but it shouldn't be that much (a WDH will also change the squat).
