No experience with that particular model but as with all trailers ensure there is adequate weight on the tongue and sway won’t happen
I would think you want to strive towards 700 plus lbs which can be hard with rear kitchen units
Use the pass through in the front to keep weight forward
Congrats on the new trailer
2021 Imagine 2400 BH
2018 GMC Sierra 4x4 crew
I would think you want to strive towards 700 plus lbs which can be hard with rear kitchen units
Use the pass through in the front to keep weight forward
Congrats on the new trailer
2021 Imagine 2400 BH
2018 GMC Sierra 4x4 crew
We love our 22mle. The open floor plan make it feel much bigger. We tow with a F150 2.7 Eb, short bed Lariat and a Husky CenterLine wdh. No issues what so ever. Loaded for our last 2 week trip, 1/3 fresh water, full lp, the trailer was close to 6000 and tw 760 which is right at 12.6%. As with any TT, get a good WDH. Dont cheap out on this and do your research.
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Great trailer for towing with a 1/2 ton truck if you don't overload it. We pull ours with the Blue Ox WDH and the 1K bars.
Thanks everyone, we pick it up Monday and I'll update after we get it home and I get my WDH Reese twin cam sway control set up on it.
Don't like to tow without the weight distribution anti sway hitch but can't put it on at the dealers. Something about used hitches and liability.
Hoping it isn't a white knuckle swaying ride pulling it home.
I am taking it off of our current Travel trailer and reinstalling it on our 22MLE.
Worked at an RV dealer part time years ago and set a lot of these hitches up.
Had to go with it on our Coleman 1705 RB single axle as it swayed horribly . Did all the the tricks.
Tried all the usual loading and tongue weight etc. Even tried two Reese friction bars still not acceptable. Some single axle trailers are prone to sway, maybe because of the placement of the axle, and some two axle trailers also.
The Dual cam did the trick. And you can tow in rain with it. Friction bars can put you in a predicament on slippery roads. The dual cam straightens or forces the the trailer back in line. Old style hitch but very effective.
The Coleman weighed in at 4400 loaded.
So we will be about 800 or 1,000 more heavier with the MLE.
Hoping that the two axles make it more stable.
Thanks for the replies
Don't like to tow without the weight distribution anti sway hitch but can't put it on at the dealers. Something about used hitches and liability.
Hoping it isn't a white knuckle swaying ride pulling it home.
I am taking it off of our current Travel trailer and reinstalling it on our 22MLE.
Worked at an RV dealer part time years ago and set a lot of these hitches up.
Had to go with it on our Coleman 1705 RB single axle as it swayed horribly . Did all the the tricks.
Tried all the usual loading and tongue weight etc. Even tried two Reese friction bars still not acceptable. Some single axle trailers are prone to sway, maybe because of the placement of the axle, and some two axle trailers also.
The Dual cam did the trick. And you can tow in rain with it. Friction bars can put you in a predicament on slippery roads. The dual cam straightens or forces the the trailer back in line. Old style hitch but very effective.
The Coleman weighed in at 4400 loaded.
So we will be about 800 or 1,000 more heavier with the MLE.
Hoping that the two axles make it more stable.
Thanks for the replies
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Hope your drive isn’t far Unloaded it will be light on the tongue and might get tricky without sway control
What size bars do you have now?
Are they heavy enough for this trailer?
Personally I would want at least 800 lb bars
2021 Imagine 2400 BH
2018 GMC Sierra 4x4 crew
What size bars do you have now?
Are they heavy enough for this trailer?
Personally I would want at least 800 lb bars
2021 Imagine 2400 BH
2018 GMC Sierra 4x4 crew
They are 800 or maybe a little more.
The way they are set up I can adjust the head ball angle and chain up or down to get it just right. Our other trailer's tongue weight is within a few lbs of the 22MLE.
It's always fun towing without sway & weight distribution control bars "Not really" But I don't have much choice.
To really set it up I need air impact wrench. I have to go home for that. Plus to put the twin cam chain bars that hold the torsion bars I need to plate the top of the trailer frame where they mount with some 1/4" flat steel. On these new thinner style light box frame's the frame can buckle when you torque the u bolts down that hold the assembly. I've seen it happen.
Don't want to weld them in case I want to take them off later. When you set them up you have to move the truck and trailer perfectly straight for about 20' to make sure it is all lined up. Then you torque the u bolts that hold them to the frame.
Not rocket science but critical for the sway control to work and not try to push the trailer left or right when your traveling down the road straight.
I'll take my time and stay at a speed that won't get me in trouble.
I'll let y'all know hoe it goes.
The way they are set up I can adjust the head ball angle and chain up or down to get it just right. Our other trailer's tongue weight is within a few lbs of the 22MLE.
It's always fun towing without sway & weight distribution control bars "Not really" But I don't have much choice.
To really set it up I need air impact wrench. I have to go home for that. Plus to put the twin cam chain bars that hold the torsion bars I need to plate the top of the trailer frame where they mount with some 1/4" flat steel. On these new thinner style light box frame's the frame can buckle when you torque the u bolts down that hold the assembly. I've seen it happen.
Don't want to weld them in case I want to take them off later. When you set them up you have to move the truck and trailer perfectly straight for about 20' to make sure it is all lined up. Then you torque the u bolts that hold them to the frame.
Not rocket science but critical for the sway control to work and not try to push the trailer left or right when your traveling down the road straight.
I'll take my time and stay at a speed that won't get me in trouble.
I'll let y'all know hoe it goes.
Your dealer is full of crap. My dealers transferred the hitch to the new trailer two times now as part of the deal.
Yeah I think the Dealer is trying to cheap out on us. They don't want to deduct shop time from their bottom line. It's not like they aren't making enough money.
Only have to go about 35 or 40 miles. I can go highway or thru town.
I guess you could say our Dealer is "Lazy" if you get my hint. Or maybe "Cheapy Day's" LOL
I'll let y'all know.
Only have to go about 35 or 40 miles. I can go highway or thru town.
I guess you could say our Dealer is "Lazy" if you get my hint. Or maybe "Cheapy Day's" LOL
I'll let y'all know.
Update. We made it home fine without the WDH. It swayed just a little bit not enough to give me the white knuckle ride home.
We had a 15 or 20 mph headwind with just enough cross wind to mess with towing any rig. I ran about 60 to 65 mph with no issues. I averaged 11.7 mpg on the trip home. About 30 miles on I-4 and maybe 7 miles on urban road at 50 mph.
We towed with our 2017 Colorado crew cab short-bed pickup. No real effort pulling at all, but it's the Duramax Diesel with 6 peed auto.
With out bars it dropped the rear truck height down by about 1 and 3/4" and raised the front by about 1 and 1/2" up.
I will address that with the bars when I install them and set them up tomorrow. Shooting for as close to unhooked height as I can get on the front and rear axle when hooked up.
I have to get truck and trailer on level ground and determine what the ball height is for the trailer and then set up the hitch to the same height with with truck level and not hooked up.
Then play with the ball angle and bars to get it level when hooked up.
I'll update more after that is done. Goodnight and God Bless .
We had a 15 or 20 mph headwind with just enough cross wind to mess with towing any rig. I ran about 60 to 65 mph with no issues. I averaged 11.7 mpg on the trip home. About 30 miles on I-4 and maybe 7 miles on urban road at 50 mph.
We towed with our 2017 Colorado crew cab short-bed pickup. No real effort pulling at all, but it's the Duramax Diesel with 6 peed auto.
With out bars it dropped the rear truck height down by about 1 and 3/4" and raised the front by about 1 and 1/2" up.
I will address that with the bars when I install them and set them up tomorrow. Shooting for as close to unhooked height as I can get on the front and rear axle when hooked up.
I have to get truck and trailer on level ground and determine what the ball height is for the trailer and then set up the hitch to the same height with with truck level and not hooked up.
Then play with the ball angle and bars to get it level when hooked up.
I'll update more after that is done. Goodnight and God Bless .
Got the Reese twin cam Weight Distributing Hitch on and set up had an acceptable drop in rear axle of truck and rise of the steering axle after setting it up. Will tweak it a little more after I rest up. Took it on a test run trailer loaded and it pulled well, actually handled better than the single axle camper did with the bars on it.
Dual axles and the fact that they are spread a little probably make it way more stable . Took it on a section of Interstate 4 near us that the large trucks have worn grooves in the asphalt pretty bad, a crown in the road that made the other trailer sway a little even with the bars on it. Didn't notice that with the 22MLE only a slight feel that the rear wheels of our truck wanted to walk up and down the crown in the road a little bit. But nothing that I had to correct for or made me feel uncomfortable.. Maybe due to the fact that the Colorado's wheel base width is less than a full size truck and doesn't like the crown in the road. Was running 70 mph for a short distance and it felt fine, even had an 18 wheeler blow by me and it didn't suck me over toward it pleasantly surprised.
Our little Diesel pulled it great. I couldn't notice any real difference from the other camper and will have to go on a longer trip to evaluated that and difference in mpg.
So far so good. And it stops even better that the Coleman did, maybe the extra axle with another set of brakes gives it more braking action even though it's heavier.
Still finishing some things up.My back went out while working on the weight Distribution Hitch. Have to take it easy for a couple of day then I'll fill the truck with fuel and go to the Cat Scales and weigh everything.
I'll update after getting all of that done.
Dual axles and the fact that they are spread a little probably make it way more stable . Took it on a section of Interstate 4 near us that the large trucks have worn grooves in the asphalt pretty bad, a crown in the road that made the other trailer sway a little even with the bars on it. Didn't notice that with the 22MLE only a slight feel that the rear wheels of our truck wanted to walk up and down the crown in the road a little bit. But nothing that I had to correct for or made me feel uncomfortable.. Maybe due to the fact that the Colorado's wheel base width is less than a full size truck and doesn't like the crown in the road. Was running 70 mph for a short distance and it felt fine, even had an 18 wheeler blow by me and it didn't suck me over toward it pleasantly surprised.
Our little Diesel pulled it great. I couldn't notice any real difference from the other camper and will have to go on a longer trip to evaluated that and difference in mpg.
So far so good. And it stops even better that the Coleman did, maybe the extra axle with another set of brakes gives it more braking action even though it's heavier.
Still finishing some things up.My back went out while working on the weight Distribution Hitch. Have to take it easy for a couple of day then I'll fill the truck with fuel and go to the Cat Scales and weigh everything.
I'll update after getting all of that done.
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Good to hear. Rest up. I know how you feel. I can throw my back out scraping ice of the windshield
I had the same experience with my trailers
My past Jayco single axle hybrid weighed just over 3500 and towed well but would tend to porpoise somewhat
When I hooked on to this current imagine which is 2000 lbs heavier I was shocked. Zero porpoising and just a nice barley noticeable pull compared to the Jayco
Enjoy
2021 Imagine 2400 BH
2018 GMC Sierra 4x4 crew
I had the same experience with my trailers
My past Jayco single axle hybrid weighed just over 3500 and towed well but would tend to porpoise somewhat
When I hooked on to this current imagine which is 2000 lbs heavier I was shocked. Zero porpoising and just a nice barley noticeable pull compared to the Jayco
Enjoy
2021 Imagine 2400 BH
2018 GMC Sierra 4x4 crew
Finally got the WDH set up and adjusted pretty much where I want it. Will have to tow for a ways to see what tweaking I might need to do.
Will get it weighed on Wednesday and see just where everything is on truck,trailer and tongue weight.
As well as GVCW. ope everyone had a great weekend. Cowboy
Will get it weighed on Wednesday and see just where everything is on truck,trailer and tongue weight.
As well as GVCW. ope everyone had a great weekend. Cowboy
We have a 22MLE and tow with a 5.3 Silverado with max towing pkg. We use a Blue Ox WD hitch, no major issues with sway other than very windy days and a little side drafting by the 18 wheelers when they pass us on the highway
Traveled from Maine to South Carolina on our maiden voyage no issued
Congratulations you will love the 22MLE
Traveled from Maine to South Carolina on our maiden voyage no issued
Congratulations you will love the 22MLE
SteveJ757
New Member
Great trailer! We picked up ours in November, just before Thanksgiving. We purchased an Equalizer WDH from Amazon and our dealer installed the hitch. We've found towing to be easy with our F-150 with a towing capacity of 9200 lbs. which is 2200 lbs. more than the GVW of the trailer. Safe travels & have fun!
We have had our for for about 1 1/2 years now and it has been great. I did make a few modifications (like going to a wet bolt system for the suspension as well as replacing the "china bombs with Good Years) and that's just to mention a few. It has towed really well. With the only outside storage being on the tongue, has made it stable. I tow it with a 2021 Chevy Silverado with the 6.2 V8 and the HD trailer package. A little overkill, but I do not run out of power or load capacity. I also use a Reese Steadi-Flex WD hitch that has great sway control as the lift bars ride on a brake pad like material. If you check further threads on the 22MLE, you will see what additional modifications I have made as well as what other people have done
Rep-o-Texas
Member
Tow with a Toyota Tundra 1794. Have towed from Texas to Colorado and did great. Have the anti-sway hitch so no issues at all. Pulled right up Raton Pass and had no issues at all.
We bought a 221MLE in August 2020 and love it.
I did purchase the Blue Ox equalizer as our old setup, not Blue Ox, was damaged in an accident.
I love the pivoting chain grabbers and have never had a equalizer so easy to use.
We have no issues pulling it with our 2012 GMC Sierra 1/2 ton with towing package, etc.
The only issue is the constant blue light at night but a hanging cloth easily fixed that.
Enjoy safely.
I did purchase the Blue Ox equalizer as our old setup, not Blue Ox, was damaged in an accident.
I love the pivoting chain grabbers and have never had a equalizer so easy to use.
We have no issues pulling it with our 2012 GMC Sierra 1/2 ton with towing package, etc.
The only issue is the constant blue light at night but a hanging cloth easily fixed that.
Enjoy safely.
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