Hey Marty
I have a 24' travel trailer, double axle and only ~5500lbs, but first time I
towed high in a wind was a white knuckle ride. Stopped pretty early in a rest
area and tightened up the tor-sen sway bars a couple chain links, Since then on
most days it tows well.?26A GT6+, 28 TR6Brian Schirano
585-305-0349 Cell?
BSchirano at yahoo.com
From: marty via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
To: FOT <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 1:40 PM
Subject: [Fot] trailer stuff
<!--#yiv3355496408 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}-->?Need some feedback
from all you trailer guys.? My history has been pulling my Spitfire on an
aluminum open trailer with a F-150 and upgraded to a new F250 SWR last year. I
could barely ever notice that I was pulling a trailer. Fast forward to a few
months ago. I purchased a 2004 CargoMate enclosed trailer/toy hauler.?28 foot
box??10 foot tall. 12,500 GVW, torsion axles. I spent the last few months going
over mechanicals. ?New load rage F trailer tires. New Curt bar style
distribution hitch. Truck has a 12,400 trailer capacity and 1,250 max?tongue
?weight. The trailer as it sits right now with the car in it is 9,300 pounds
and tongue weight is 1025 pounds. The engine of the car is pretty much centered
over the axles.? I have been test driving it yesterday and today to get a feel
for it as I had planed to make the 450 mile?trek to Blackhawk farms this coming
Thursday. Winds here have been 21 mph, gusting to 28.? I can feel the trailer
pulling me side to side quite a bit. Traveling at speed is a bit unnerving. I
have gone over everything time and time again and everything looks proper and
too the book.? I don't know if this is normal and I just have a learning curve
to go through going from a light open trailer to this tank or is there
something I am missing. What you say?
Thanks,Marty_______________________________________________
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