Getting a shake while pulling a trailer over 60
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Getting a shake while pulling a trailer over 60
New F350 w/6300 miles. First time I pulled with this truck was an old utility trailer with a couple of ATVS. Noticed a shake at around 60+. Just thought it was the tires on the old trailer. Replaced tires still have the problem.
pulled our camper on an hour trip and same thing. It’s not death wobble but sure is a problem.
dealer says they can’t duplicate… I asked if they pulled a trailer abs they said no. Well… no ******, it’s only noticeable while pulling a trailer. They told me to call Ford CS! They checked for recalls and found nothing.
this is a real problem, I bought this truck to pull with and I can go much over 65-70.
anyone else experiencing this? Is there a thread on this that you can point me to?
any help would be appreciated.
Tim
pulled our camper on an hour trip and same thing. It’s not death wobble but sure is a problem.
dealer says they can’t duplicate… I asked if they pulled a trailer abs they said no. Well… no ******, it’s only noticeable while pulling a trailer. They told me to call Ford CS! They checked for recalls and found nothing.
this is a real problem, I bought this truck to pull with and I can go much over 65-70.
anyone else experiencing this? Is there a thread on this that you can point me to?
any help would be appreciated.
Tim
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New F350 w/6300 miles. First time I pulled with this truck was an old utility trailer with a couple of ATVS. Noticed a shake at around 60+. Just thought it was the tires on the old trailer. Replaced tires still have the problem.
pulled our camper on an hour trip and same thing. It’s not death wobble but sure is a problem.
dealer says they can’t duplicate… I asked if they pulled a trailer abs they said no. Well… no ******, it’s only noticeable while pulling a trailer. They told me to call Ford CS! They checked for recalls and found nothing.
this is a real problem, I bought this truck to pull with and I can go much over 65-70.
anyone else experiencing this? Is there a thread on this that you can point me to?
any help would be appreciated.
Tim
pulled our camper on an hour trip and same thing. It’s not death wobble but sure is a problem.
dealer says they can’t duplicate… I asked if they pulled a trailer abs they said no. Well… no ******, it’s only noticeable while pulling a trailer. They told me to call Ford CS! They checked for recalls and found nothing.
this is a real problem, I bought this truck to pull with and I can go much over 65-70.
anyone else experiencing this? Is there a thread on this that you can point me to?
any help would be appreciated.
Tim
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OK…..If the trailer tires are not balanced they can do this to the tow rig. Damn few tire places will balance trailer tires unless specifically asked to do so, and even then they might just do a hurry up job to get one out the door and the next one in. I would check that first before taking it up with FoMoCo.
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well, we just replaced out F150 with this F350. Can’t imagine the camper and utility trailer both got bad tires in between us getting a new truck. Also it’s not a consistent shake like a tire. It shakes for 10 seconds and doesn’t for 20, then again for 10 then doesn’t for 20 seconds. Very odd
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OK…..If the trailer tires are not balanced they can do this to the tow rig. Damn few tire places will balance trailer tires unless specifically asked to do so, and even then they might just do a hurry up job to get one out the door and the next one in. I would check that first before taking it up with FoMoCo.
After those two issues I'm fresh out of ideas.
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New F350 w/6300 miles. First time I pulled with this truck was an old utility trailer with a couple of ATVS. Noticed a shake at around 60+. Just thought it was the tires on the old trailer. Replaced tires still have the problem.
pulled our camper on an hour trip and same thing. It’s not death wobble but sure is a problem.
dealer says they can’t duplicate… I asked if they pulled a trailer abs they said no. Well… no ******, it’s only noticeable while pulling a trailer. They told me to call Ford CS! They checked for recalls and found nothing.
this is a real problem, I bought this truck to pull with and I can go much over 65-70.
anyone else experiencing this? Is there a thread on this that you can point me to?
any help would be appreciated.
Tim
pulled our camper on an hour trip and same thing. It’s not death wobble but sure is a problem.
dealer says they can’t duplicate… I asked if they pulled a trailer abs they said no. Well… no ******, it’s only noticeable while pulling a trailer. They told me to call Ford CS! They checked for recalls and found nothing.
this is a real problem, I bought this truck to pull with and I can go much over 65-70.
anyone else experiencing this? Is there a thread on this that you can point me to?
any help would be appreciated.
Tim
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This vibration is very uncommon, but there is a forum member that posted about it within the last couple of years. Search the forum, either the 2017+ subforum or the towing subforums.
What ball mount are you using? Are you using reducer sleeves?
What ball mount are you using? Are you using reducer sleeves?
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2020, we picked it up mid November
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