Marty-
On 3/4 tons I have been very happy with what the Firestone airbags do for the
feeling of stability. Worth the price in my opinion and easy to install.
Brian
> On Jun 11, 2017, at 12:20 PM, marty via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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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?
>
> Thanks,
> Marty
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