Towing Vibration

[Amcdaniel76]

Good morning all,

Does anyone have a significant oscillating vibration from the front end while towing?

I have towed two different trailers, one 14K and one 3.5K and have the same vibration. Does not do it at all without a trailer.

It starts at 70 mph.

Thanks for the input.

 

[Don-T]

How heavy are the trailers? Do they take weight off the front end? What truck are you pulling with?

 

[Amcdaniel76]

I'm pulling with a 19 ram 3500 megacab with the HO Cummins. The first trailer was 14K pounds and the second was 3.5K pounds. Rear of truck squatted very little and the front didnt seem to rise.

 

[Don-T]

All I can suggest at this point is to crawl under it and make sure everything in the front suspension and steering are tight. It wouldn’t hurt to get the front alignment checked. I would take it to a good truck shop, not the dealer To check it.

 

[Amcdaniel76]

Thanks!

 

[AKDoug]

I get a vibration even towing an empty tilt bed equipment trailer. Mine's not from the front, it feels like a driveline/drivetrain vibration. Very annoying. I have a new set of tires and I'm going to try again tomorrow. This is bumper tow with a pintle hitch on one trailer, and bumper tow 2 5/16 ball on the other.

 

[AKDoug]

Well, disregard my post. I had a bad tire on not one, but both of my trailers. Broken belts on each. Caught during our weekly maintenance checks. The vibration of the trailer traveled throughout the truck.

 

[ahhhr]

@Amcdaniel76 - you get this figured out ?

 

[Plum Cra Zy]

You should always have trailer tires balanced, I see them all time running down the road with the tires hopping like crazy, sometimes coming clear off the roadway