I agree with Terry. I towed my travel trailer you Florida in March, and
experienced the same thing. Do you have a weight equalization hitch? That
will help.
On Jun 11, 2017 4:29 PM, "Terry Stetler via Fot" <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> Welcome to the world of pulling a box through the wind.
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> Sounds pretty normal to me. And yes, it is unnerving.
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> Terry Stetler
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> *From: *marty via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> *Sent: *Sunday, June 11, 2017 1:23 PM
> *To: *FOT <fot at autox.team.net>
> *Subject: *[Fot] trailer stuff
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> 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?
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> Marty
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