User Tag List
Thanks: 0
Results 21 to 24 of 24
Thread: Bumpy ride/mild rocking with TT
-
01-17-2021, 08:21 AM #21
-
01-18-2021, 12:14 AM #22
- Join Date
- Jun 2019
- Location
- Franklin,MI
- Posts
- 381
- Mentioned
- 4 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
NB Canada, You can be snarky all you want, Goducks provided a great answer that applied perfectly to an EXPY towing a travel trailer, except the OP has the shorter model, 122.5” WB vs 131.
Applying a 1000lb tongue load from a 30-33’ camper to a TV with a 122.5” WB will cause porpoising, rough ride and sway. Just cause he hasn’t pooped his pants yet from sway doesn’t mean that he won’t. That EXPY is in way over its head. After taking the time to look up the numbers tonight I’m guessing he’s overweight on the receiver, rear axle AND payload. The OP lives in California and hopefully abides by the 55mph limit. That keeps the sway at bay unless the winds are really bad. He needs to go to the scales and see the real numbers, not the brochure numbers. If you love Expys buy a XLT Max, higher payload, longer WB and better ride. Still not sure you’ll meet the payload or receiver rating though. Safe travels.
2018 F-250 6.7L Leveled, 35’s.
2019 Imagine 2500RL, 640w Solar, Lion UT1300s, 3000w Inverter
CRE3000, Sumosprings
-
01-18-2021, 01:26 AM #23
- Join Date
- Mar 2018
- Location
- North East Georgia, 2018 Imagine 2250RK
- Posts
- 703
- Mentioned
- 6 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
Drive to level parking area and follow mfg installation instructions carefully. Be sure to have necessary tools and tape measure. One thing that I do is check the distance between rubber leaf spring bumper and metal bumper pad stop on axle with truck unloaded and then after truck is loaded and camper hooked up. I like to make sure that the distance is less but rubber bumper and metal bumper rest are not touching and has room for movement when going over a bump. You always want those rear tires glued to ground so to speak and front end not sticking up in the air, that is why you need tape measure to measure at wheel wells of truck. When I have camper hooked up the rear end of truck swats slightly and front end rises slightly - that way all four tires are firmly planted on ground and you have traction on rear end to back up gravel slope without rear tires spinning.
-
02-05-2021, 06:42 AM #24
- Join Date
- Aug 2020
- Location
- Louisiana
- Posts
- 18
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
I have a 2019 Ram 1500 classic and a 24mpr. I had trouble with proposing on some concrete highways. I added sumo springs to my trailer and the rear of my truck. This did not completely eliminate proposing on bad road, but it did significantly reduce it. Before I had to slow down 20 miles an hour under the speed limit or the truck would beat me up and the trailer would get a beating also. Now, I can keep close to the speed limit on bad roads or slow down about 10 MPH. The situation is much improved.
Morryde Safe-T-rail install issues
Today, 12:55 AM in Mods and DIY