I do not like the Blue Ox, the way you unload those weightbars is just sketchy - My arm's got a massive bruise from that bar slippin. I even had negative tonque weight to take as much spring out as possible and even then they snap'ed back HARD without being anywhere near as tight as they could've been. I've read some negative reviews of similar things and thought I was taking all the right precautions and tips, but yea I think I'm gonna flip it unless we can come up with a way to unload it better. I'd wager if it wasn't such a heavy rig with those thick springs bars, it wouldn't be so sketchy to unload. Around the property I can easily move it with my normal drop hitch and I'll either wait for weighsafe to fix their WDH (Not gonna lie I love their standard drop hitches) or if my buddy wants to give me his propride real cheap I'll play with that and see how I feel about it. Can't hurt to see for myself.
It towed ok once setup with the big Jayco, but the Dexter driver assist on the trailer was also putting in work. It can have a bit of a delayed effect at times, but man I won't lie very nice feature to have on a HUGE bumper pull sail. It's most noticable when something upsets the trailer while coasting on slight negative grades or with a mostly tailwind that gets a huge cross gust. - The sorts of situations where I would normally be lightly squeezing the paddles to pull the trailer back into line after a really bad gust - The thing did it for me and with way more finesse. The winds were in high teens, low 20s with gusts into the 30 and 40s at times - I took it pretty slow until we got out of the wind then 55-60 was comfortable. Honestly most impressed with the Dexter setup I'm sold on it for anything of this size. This is also the 1st trailer of this size I've evered pulled with ABS... Man oh man I'm sold and ruined - Next one needs ABS and discs...
I also discovered that I need to make some minor changes to the truck if I wanna be comfortable towing this beast (Driver comfort). We passed a ton of really nice parks not very far from the property on our way out to get it since we had time to kill - Maybe between 20-40 miles away - So I would like to be more comfortable (Driver comfort) for some weekend getaways. I need to either need to add spacers to my rear sumos (gross), switch to the new Thuren LCS (Most likely option, I don't tow super freiquently), or do bags and cradles (Meh maybe, but more likely on the other truck that tows alot more often). While it was well controlled, the sumo's needed to engage sooner with the Carli R2 Springs + Thuren 2.75" Front Springs for optimal support. A 1" spacer would do the trick, but then I'd be hitting the sumos all the time which I hate on gravel unloaded - It just bucks you around too much. I know we've been talking about putting bags on the other truck that does alot more towing, but for me I'm empty 85% of the time so I think the LCS is going to be just the ticket.
All in all only a midly stressful success and hopefully its just a bad bruise on my arm and nothing worse. Considering the conditions I was towing in through some of those passes where class 8's where parked at the rest stops - I came out alright. Took it slow, let the technology help me, and pre-planned my route down to the fuel stops.
