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| When I was watching my new rig in the side mirrors, I noticed that it had a lot more side to side wandering than my old rig. Not to the point where it was hard to tow, but definitely more than what I expected to see, and probably enough to be detrimental to the trailer tires over time. I was wondering about the cause. It could be the tongue weight, tire sidewalls, or the tow vehicle from what I can figure. The truck is different than my old reliable one so how I could tell if it were the truck I don't know unless I tow a different rig. The rest I'm not sure of. Did anyone else notice this with the X-190 on the trailer that came with the boat? My old rig had about 300# tongue weight and towed like it was on rails, never wandering unless you had a really sharp steering correction. | |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | My x-190 trailer will only wanders at high speeds, speeds of excess of 65mph but it doesn't wander much to where I am concerned. How was the wind when you were towing? That would definitely make your trailer wander a littler, but I don't think you have anything to worry about.
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| Yeah, I was over 65 mph part of the way on I43 and 41/141. No tarp yet and the windshields were on too.
Old rig was a 18.5' Alumacraft 150HP with 15HP kicker. The old boat hull was only one hundred pounds and change lighter than the new rig and sat a lot higher on the trailer, but it was tarped with the windshield down, so the wind couldn't get at the interior and swirl around. My 96 Silverado got 13.5 to 15.5mpg towing that one and the 2004 Silverado now gets about 11.5 on the new rig, not a good trade so far. I'm getting a tarp and will trailer with the windshields off in the future so I expect a couple mpg increase. | |
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| my guess is that your trailer sway isn't caused by driving too fast, but rather from having the bow/tongue too high (which results in not enough weight pressing down on the tongue).
when i picked up mine i couldn't drive more than 55mph on the way home; i still had my 1 1/2" lift ball from my 1890's trailer. when i got home i changed to a 2" drop and things smoothed out to the point that i can drive 70mph+ without any wobble at all. it's still angled just a tad up at the front for my liking, so i'm going to switch to a 3" drop once i get a chance to get out and buy one. (this is on an '02 F150 with factory tow package)
to get the trailer riding pretty much level, here's what i do:
- make sure your trailer tires are properly inflated (50psi cold)
- set the front support wheel height so your trailer is level
- line it up behind your truck/hitch without connecting it
- this will give you a good visual "guestimate" of how much hitch rise or drop you need to run the trailer level
- test one out, see how it runs
of course, if you wanted to get fancy, you could actually test tongue weight/pressure...
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| Thanks for the help guys! I appreciate it. I'll have to do some checking tomorrow. | |
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X-190 trailering question?