Re: Trailer bouncing.

Posted by Ken McWilliams on August 31, 2000 at 18:17:22 from (172.153.51.244):

In Reply to: Trailer bouncing. posted by Dennis Benson on August 31, 2000 at 09:18:16:

Dennis,

Check alignment and looseness in the trailer and in your hitch.

After making sure all is aligned and tight, be sure you tow with sufficient tongue weight.

Years ago I got some gravel at the local pit. The loader operator didn't make much of an effort to dump over the axle resulting with more weight behind the axle. I was young and ignorant then (now old and ignorant, paid the attendant, and took off. About 1/2 mile the trailer started playing crack the whip at about 40 MPH. I almost lost the car with it. There were 2 serpentine parallel black tire marks on the road where the trailer had whipped so severely. I had a short distance to get home and stayed under 20 MPH for the remainder, but it sure gave me a scare!

Be sure the majority of weight is in front of the axle.

I see people hauling cars on trailers with the car having its front facing the rear. These people are fighting it every mile of the way whipping back and forth.

I trailered a car from Durham, North Carolina to Dayton Oh. I got on I-85 and the trailer commenced to whipping on me. My son's tool and stuff were in the trunk of the car. I took it out and put it in the bed of the truck and moved the car forward about a foot and rechained it. Although the car was facing forward on the trailer, the extra weight in the car's trunk made it unstable because it was behind the rear axle of the trailer.

After relocating the car on the trailer, the only thing that slowed me down was stop signs and smokey's.

Ken McWilliams

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