passing cars pushing TT, but not big trucks?
after previously towing my Outback 250RS with a Toyota Tundra. I have upgraded to a 2015 F250 crew cab, short bed. I took the time to go to a level parking lot to get my Reese dual cam WDH setup t...
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We tow a similar length and weight of TT with an F250 and also have a Reese DC WDH. Towed all last season without the cam arms installed but installed them for the first trip out this year. Night and day difference and don't know how I managed without the cam arms. No issues with sway now - small cars or semis. Can now comfortably drive with one hand on the wheel if I want to. There's no reason for your setup not to be working flawlessly.
The first thing to suspect, as mentioned, is are the cam lobes centered in the bars? Did you relocated the bars and cam arms to the same respective left and right sides as matched pairs? Cam lobes and the bar ends are not always aligned at first and eventually develop a set. Are the bars at the correct angle with the correct number of links? I would have driven the TT + TV for a few miles to let things settle before adjusting and then check again after maybe 100 miles or so. Is there any play in the hitch head/drawbar receiver?
Are you adjusting the cam arms with the TT and TV fully loaded as you would for a camping trip? If you adjusted the cam arms without being fully loaded up, the lobes may not be centered when you head out on a trip. I was talking to a fellow camper the other day who has a new F250. New/newer F250s have one less leaf spring than older F250s like ours. I would assume the rear of a new/newer F250 will sag more with higher TW and load in the truck bed. Maybe air bags or adding another leaf would help?
We run the Michelins on our truck at 80 psi and 65 psi on the trailer. I've found that it takes a few miles at 60-65 mph on a freeway for the tires to warm up to operating temp otherwise the handling doesn't feel right. I added Bilsteins to our F250 and installed shocks on our TT. Both have been a major improvement in handling.
It's important to have the correct weight transferred back onto the steer axle. Ford now says 1/2 of the weight is to be restored. Maybe a trip to a scale would help. Knowing all your weights is a good thing to know regardless. What is the actual tongue weight and what rating of spring bar? We have 1200 lb bars with around 950 lbs TW. Started out with 800 lb. bars and it was awful.
Otherwise, a couple of photos of the WDH setup and TT + TV might help. It would be nice to hear back once you have things all sorted out. BTW, an F250 is a wonderful towing machine...
The first thing to suspect, as mentioned, is are the cam lobes centered in the bars? Did you relocated the bars and cam arms to the same respective left and right sides as matched pairs? Cam lobes and the bar ends are not always aligned at first and eventually develop a set. Are the bars at the correct angle with the correct number of links? I would have driven the TT + TV for a few miles to let things settle before adjusting and then check again after maybe 100 miles or so. Is there any play in the hitch head/drawbar receiver?
Are you adjusting the cam arms with the TT and TV fully loaded as you would for a camping trip? If you adjusted the cam arms without being fully loaded up, the lobes may not be centered when you head out on a trip. I was talking to a fellow camper the other day who has a new F250. New/newer F250s have one less leaf spring than older F250s like ours. I would assume the rear of a new/newer F250 will sag more with higher TW and load in the truck bed. Maybe air bags or adding another leaf would help?
We run the Michelins on our truck at 80 psi and 65 psi on the trailer. I've found that it takes a few miles at 60-65 mph on a freeway for the tires to warm up to operating temp otherwise the handling doesn't feel right. I added Bilsteins to our F250 and installed shocks on our TT. Both have been a major improvement in handling.
It's important to have the correct weight transferred back onto the steer axle. Ford now says 1/2 of the weight is to be restored. Maybe a trip to a scale would help. Knowing all your weights is a good thing to know regardless. What is the actual tongue weight and what rating of spring bar? We have 1200 lb bars with around 950 lbs TW. Started out with 800 lb. bars and it was awful.
Otherwise, a couple of photos of the WDH setup and TT + TV might help. It would be nice to hear back once you have things all sorted out. BTW, an F250 is a wonderful towing machine...
