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08-13-2017, 11:30 PM
#21
Senior Member
Blue ox.
If the country were smaller, I'd drive over and tow your trailer with my truck and compare.
It would be nice if we could figure out why so many people have issues with 2015+ towing.
The fact that it's only wavy roads lends credence to shock tuning. But I have wavy roads too.
If the country were smaller, I'd drive over and tow your trailer with my truck and compare.
It would be nice if we could figure out why so many people have issues with 2015+ towing.
The fact that it's only wavy roads lends credence to shock tuning. But I have wavy roads too.
08-14-2017, 04:16 PM
#22
Senior Member
Thread Starter
I have Bilsteins all around, so it isn't that. Maybe the frame twists more than the older trucks? Don't know.
Not enough tongue weight for the newer trucks? I have everything I can think of up front in the trailer and have the same stuff in the bed I had in the 14. The TW of the trailer is 730# with a full FWT, which I haven't even used in either trip except for pit stops where a bathroom wasn't available. Even my spring bars are lighter than they were on the 14, when I crank the truck/trailer up to attach them, they snap up real easy, and are right where they need to be, drops the front to within 1/2" of unloaded. Prior to that I had it 1/8" lower than loaded which did induce sway above 65 MPH due to transferring too much weight back.
Well, wont know for sure without trying a 2 point sway control hitch. With any luck that will take care of it. Aside from that squirrelyness, it tows the trailer fine, good power, lane changes are uneventful, stopping straight as an arrow, even under panic conditions. Entire rig moves as one as it should when passing/passed/crosswind.
Not enough tongue weight for the newer trucks? I have everything I can think of up front in the trailer and have the same stuff in the bed I had in the 14. The TW of the trailer is 730# with a full FWT, which I haven't even used in either trip except for pit stops where a bathroom wasn't available. Even my spring bars are lighter than they were on the 14, when I crank the truck/trailer up to attach them, they snap up real easy, and are right where they need to be, drops the front to within 1/2" of unloaded. Prior to that I had it 1/8" lower than loaded which did induce sway above 65 MPH due to transferring too much weight back.
Well, wont know for sure without trying a 2 point sway control hitch. With any luck that will take care of it. Aside from that squirrelyness, it tows the trailer fine, good power, lane changes are uneventful, stopping straight as an arrow, even under panic conditions. Entire rig moves as one as it should when passing/passed/crosswind.