Freeway Hop

[HD5280]

Similar to DelmoniCO, I added the Thuren lift then went with 37" tires on 18" wheels but PSI is at 45/43.

Empty, I still get the bucking up and down I-25 around the outlets, up 470 between Bandimere and I70, 85 north of Sedalia, etc...

The only thing that mildly tames it for me is weight in the bed and/or tongue weight.

It's annoying, but definitely not bad enough for me to consider going back down to something with a shorter wheelbase.

Yeup.

 

[Brutal_HO]

RE: Bed weight.

Since I bought an ATV trailer and don't really need the bed for anything 99% of the time the fifth isn't attached, I may keep my Curt A25 hitch installed year round. Could use a cover for the head I suppose...

Between the hitch, a crossover box full of chains, tools, straps, etc, it might help tame it some. Then again, I just don't hit those stretches of road much at all and prefer to use the car if the truck isn't needed. If the truck is needed, it's probably then loaded and the issue isn't so present.

Speaking of bounce, my truck has a annoying rear shake/bounce when towing a light trailer on good road. Like really light, like one or two ATV's light. Weird. Since it also pulls right on hard braking, I'm thinking alignment and/or tire balance (would not pull) can't hurt to at least rule those out. I put as much weight as possible on the trailer with a single ATV full forward, the the two together don't weigh but around 1300 wet with a spare tire. Probably only 150 on the tongue. Truck surely doesn't know it's there except for the damn shake.

 

[H3LZSN1P3R]

RE: Bed weight.

Since I bought an ATV trailer and don't really need the bed for anything 99% of the time the fifth isn't attached, I may keep my Curt A25 hitch installed year round. Could use a cover for the head I suppose...

Between the hitch, a crossover box full of chains, tools, straps, etc, it might help tame it some. Then again, I just don't hit those stretches of road much at all and prefer to use the car if the truck isn't needed. If the truck is needed, it's probably then loaded and the issue isn't so present.

Speaking of bounce, my truck has a annoying rear shake/bounce when towing a light trailer on good road. Like really light, like one or two ATV's light. Weird. Since it also pulls right on hard braking, I'm thinking alignment and/or tire balance (would not pull) can't hurt to at least rule those out. I put as much weight as possible on the trailer with a single ATV full forward, the the two together don't weigh but around 1300 wet with a spare tire. Probably only 150 on the tongue. Truck surely doesn't know it's there except for the damn shake.

If its pulling while braking its 99%of the time a front caliper issue

 

[dragrcr]

RE: Bed weight.

Since I bought an ATV trailer and don't really need the bed for anything 99% of the time the fifth isn't attached, I may keep my Curt A25 hitch installed year round. Could use a cover for the head I suppose...

Between the hitch, a crossover box full of chains, tools, straps, etc, it might help tame it some. Then again, I just don't hit those stretches of road much at all and prefer to use the car if the truck isn't needed. If the truck is needed, it's probably then loaded and the issue isn't so present.

Speaking of bounce, my truck has a annoying rear shake/bounce when towing a light trailer on good road. Like really light, like one or two ATV's light. Weird. Since it also pulls right on hard braking, I'm thinking alignment and/or tire balance (would not pull) can't hurt to at least rule those out. I put as much weight as possible on the trailer with a single ATV full forward, the the two together don't weigh but around 1300 wet with a spare tire. Probably only 150 on the tongue. Truck surely doesn't know it's there except for the damn shake.

I am thinking it is the trailer. A bent wheel or an out of balance wheel/tire. I had a featherlight open car trailer that shook my truck for 15,000 miles. Could not feel it unloaded because the trailer bounced around too much. Put a car on it and shake shake shake.........I tried EVERYTHING. An unbeleivable amount of time, money and energy was spent on this while on the road and at home. What finally fixed it was all 4 new drum/hub assemblies. Something was out of balance or machined off center. Smooth as silk afterwords. I had to fix it myself but Dexter sent me the parts after many phone calls and bitching.

 

[Brutal_HO]

I am thinking it is the trailer. A bent wheel or an out of balance wheel/tire. I had a featherlight open car trailer that shook my truck for 15,000 miles. Could not feel it unloaded because the trailer bounced around too much. Put a car on it and shake shake shake.........I tried EVERYTHING. An unbeleivable amount of time, money and energy was spent on this while on the road and at home. What finally fixed it was all 4 new drum/hub assemblies. Something was out of balance or machined off center. Smooth as silk afterwords. I had to fix it myself but Dexter sent me the parts after many phone calls and bitching.

Two different ATV trailers...

The other trailer was a friend's narrow single place aluminum trailer with his ATV on it and mine in the bed. Same shake.

Don't recall noticing this when I pulled the empty trailer home, just when loaded. I was more worried about it getting air @ only 540 lbs. Don't recall any shake when pulling my boat (~3500) to the scales but that was with factory tires.