too soft with trailer
07-20-2016, 05:07 PM
#31
update. tried trailer with new springs and bushing, truck 40-44psi in tires...same thing, SPONGEY! my kid did a scientific measurement with his arm, just short of elbow in rear and 1/2 arm on tongue when hooked up to truck...nose too far down, bought a 0" rise to offset my 3" drop. we'll see next weekend.
08-08-2016, 11:58 AM
#32
jim
Thread Starter
finally towed behind my truck this weekend... a lot better, I got a 0" lift bar and it is so nice now, still get a little bounce but nowhere as bad as before. I'm thinking since my trailer is a single axel heavy hauler it like a small raise at the truck end of ball right now it's at 0" but I'm thinking on trying a ball with the built in 1" lift. with the trailer down, as before, it acted more as a teetertauter than a trailer and with the nose down it bounced and rebound and then bounced again and rebound again, now at 0" it's hits a bump and done. MUCH, MUCH BETTER!!!!!
08-09-2016, 09:37 AM
#33
As I said before and will always say, setup is Everything! When I first towed my TT, it was a handful. Even though it was level to the truck, the WD bars were not properly distributing the weight. Now that I spent the time to totally redo the setup from start to finish, the trailer tows perfectly. So in the end, time spent to make it right is time well spent.
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08-12-2016, 11:18 AM
#34
08-13-2016, 10:07 AM
#35
When unloaded the bars point down, and when attached and under tension, they lever forward, raising the hitch up. This is why it is critical to have the proper sized spring bars and have them properly setup to the truck and trailer.
Simplest way I can describe it is if you have a long bar attached to the hitch and you grab the end of it and pull up. if it is long enough you could lift the truck up by yourself. That is essentially what a WDH does.