robmcqueen
Senior Member
Do you think the trailer rides smoother ?I have sumo springs on the 303. Reduces side to side sway noticeably.
Do you think the trailer rides smoother ?I have sumo springs on the 303. Reduces side to side sway noticeably.
Before I put the Roadmaster slipper springs and shocks on my trailer, I had the Summo springs on it. Yes, it does smooth out the trailer by a good amount. The trailer didn't bounce around as much, felt more stable, and less things moving around on the inside. I liked them, and they were easy to install.Do you think the trailer rides smoother ?
I've never been one to really tell if the trailer rides smoother... And I installed them the first season so they have been on four seasons...so I kinda forget what it was like without them. But when we go over poor bridge transitions, like I35 in Iowa!, the trailer rides it like a champ. Without the Sumo's or shocks the trailer would oscillate side to side quite a bit. Bringing the trailer home after purchase and hitting poor pavement and bridge transitions is why I bought them. They are not the same as a shock, but sort of similar, they dampen compression, but not rebound. So to smooth out smallish road irregularities, shocks are probably a better choice. To reduce sway, I think the Sumo's are a better choice.Do you think the trailer rides smoother ?
@goducks14When going over road/bridge expansions and I look in the side view mirror the trailer stays flat. No bouncing afterwards. Yes I get the side to side tilt but it's really smooth over bumps. Like going over offsets in the pavement at a slow pace I can feel them in the truck but not when the trailer tires go over them. Only on the worst of the worst roads do things move. I'm talking about large road undulations along with me going to fast. Once in a while I get caught off guard and don't slow down soon enough.
The Oregon coast hwy 101 has some nasty spots that will move the recliners a bit.
In general the trailer stays smooth with no bouncing over normal road conditions.
We have a cutting board that sits on the counter with some of that drawer liner under it. It's been there for 6 seasons and around 19,000 miles.
Until someone can explain to me why a truck with leafs needs them but a trailer with leafs doesn't them then I'll keep buying trailers with them or install them afterwards.
fwiw.... I try to keep my gooseneck bladder on the low side and keep the air bags in the truck on the higher side. For me that seems to be the best arrangement. It has take a while to get this "dialed in' but I think, for now, this is my best set up.Odd, I never felt the trailer go over expansions joint or RR tracks but there has to be some shock back there for the heavy iron grate on the stove top to pop off and land on the floor. I wondered if the bladder in the goosebox masks some of the trailer jolts in the truck.