Ravgardner
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I'm pulling a twin axle, 5 ton, 18 foot long equipment trailer with a 1/2 ton, two wheel drive pickup with a trailer package, and don't know if the vibration I'm feeling is normal.
This is my first trailer so I'm new to hauling one. The ride is rough. Hard to describe, but it feels like when the trailer wheels hit a bump, it pulls back on the truck with a small jerk. I understand and expected that, but the jerk continues at a low frequency. Almost feels like a wheel out of balance. Gets really annoying and I can't imagine driving on a long trip this way. Its not that way all the time, there are smooth stretches.
It was that way coming home with a empty trailer. We loaded it with a small 2500 lbs tractor with just a some front weight. Same ride characteristics. We re-loaded it with the weight more to the front. Same ride. We then loaded the trailer with the weight more to the rear, it had the same ride. I thought maybe the load position was a factor.
What can you tell me about this. I this normal.
This is my first trailer so I'm new to hauling one. The ride is rough. Hard to describe, but it feels like when the trailer wheels hit a bump, it pulls back on the truck with a small jerk. I understand and expected that, but the jerk continues at a low frequency. Almost feels like a wheel out of balance. Gets really annoying and I can't imagine driving on a long trip this way. Its not that way all the time, there are smooth stretches.
It was that way coming home with a empty trailer. We loaded it with a small 2500 lbs tractor with just a some front weight. Same ride characteristics. We re-loaded it with the weight more to the front. Same ride. We then loaded the trailer with the weight more to the rear, it had the same ride. I thought maybe the load position was a factor.
What can you tell me about this. I this normal.