We have towed our new tt with this current truck 5x now.
Once was with the dealer's WDH (no anti-sway) to do a run to the scales before we bought to make sure all the numbers work.
๐ Next was from dealership to our house with dealer's el-cheapo nothing hitch.
After was using el-cheapo hitch because we absolutely had to move the TT.
Then it was with the ProPride back to our home, and
Finally was tonight with the ProPride from our home to storage location.
None of these trips were very long, the longest being the one from the dealership to our home.
We noticed when we drove with the WDH and the really el-cheapo one that there was some "bouncing" and vertical movement. Nothing white knuckle but a bounce none the less. Otherwise it was quite a smooth ride and we were fairly pleased (knowing we were getting a PP hitch in the near future).
The ride with the PP is quite different and I (the wife / co-pilot ;)) am concerned that things are not quite right. There seems to be a fair (not significant, but it's definitely there) amount of front to back "jerking" movement. I likened it to how a chameleon walks- this of course is highly exaggerated and we weren't THAT jerky going down the road but it felt like it at times. It was not a white knuckle experience and it was very pleasant when the huge semis flew past us
๐ but my gut says that something is not quite right. It was not the most comfortable ride. It certainly felt like the trailer was pushing us along at times? Does this make sense?
I haven't been able to get to the scales with the TT yet since we got it 7 days ago. There have been several crises that we've had to work through and we just couldn't get to it. However, I did buy a Sherline tongue scale with with PP hitch and we were at just 10% of TT weight on the tongue. We were probably too light but we had to get the TT out of our neighborhood (hooray for crappy bylaws) and the sun was going down and there was minimal time to load it up (we weren't going camping). We did have a full fresh water tank which we couldn't dump (please just trust me on this, I don't want to have to explain myself) so that could have been the issue.
What would cause this front/back jerking motion when towing and what can be done to fix this? Or is this part of how it tows with a PP hitch?
ETA: I guess the best thing to do would be to call and talk to Sean and PP but thought I'd ask here as well. Dh hasn't towed anything in over 20 years and I've only ever been in a truck towing a small horse trailer. He followed all the instructions to a "T" and was methodical about the set-up. We just aren't sure what to expect or what would need to be addressed at this point.
Wife to 1 and mom to 6.
Just bought our first TT
Jayco Whitehawk 31DSLB with ProPride 3P
2012 2500 Yukon XL SLT 4x4
