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I Did It!
Well I bought the truck that I've been drooling over at the stealer for the last 3 weeks. It's a F350 Lariat cc w 8" Donahoe lift on 37x13.5x20 wheels. It doesn't have all the options but quite a few. Torreadoe Red w/ Medium parchment interior.
Very fun so far!
Very fun so far!
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Originally Posted by geeride
Well I bought the truck that I've been drooling over at the stealer for the last 3 weeks. It's a F350 Lariat cc w 8" Donahoe lift on 37x13.5x20 wheels. It doesn't have all the options but quite a few. Torreadoe Red w/ Medium parchment interior.
Very fun so far!
Very fun so far!
i just wish i had the tan int
mine came gray and there was no real choice for me with a 550.....
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I ordered my truck and chose the Toredor Red, but with the graphite interior versus the parchment. I had another car with that color interior and it seemed to show more dirt than the grey of the graphite - cooler though to be sure.
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I would think it might get real interesting pulling a 28 ft enclosed and loaded trailer from the bumper of a truck with 8" lift....I have just that trailer and with a load Dad's stock 250 gets blown around pretty good by the semis on the interstate. I bought the F350 dually rather than the 250 for that reason. Won't the lift make it worse?
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Originally Posted by Ghoffman[B
I would think it might get real interesting pulling a 28 ft enclosed and loaded trailer from the bumper of a truck with 8" lift....I have just that trailer and with a load Dad's stock 250 gets blown around pretty good by the semis on the interstate. I bought the F350 dually rather than the 250 for that reason. Won't the lift make it worse?
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Very important to make sure that you've got enough tongue weight on the hitch. It should be 10 to 15% of the trailer weight.
Another thing is to use a weight distributing hitch, most are available with different height drop bars to account for differences in tow vehicle and trailer tongue height. But be careful not to bias too much weight towards the front tires and leave yourself with not enough on the rear.
This will make the sway induced by the trailer worse.
You can get sway control bars that will help out some too.
If for some reason you find that your weight was distributed differently than you thought and you are getting too much sway, pull over and adjust the links on the weight distributing hitch before going much further.
If the truck ever gets to where it is getting pushed around too much by the load and you start to fishtail, grab the manual activation lever on the brake controller and add trailer brakes - not truck brakes.
Another thing is to use a weight distributing hitch, most are available with different height drop bars to account for differences in tow vehicle and trailer tongue height. But be careful not to bias too much weight towards the front tires and leave yourself with not enough on the rear.
This will make the sway induced by the trailer worse.
You can get sway control bars that will help out some too.
If for some reason you find that your weight was distributed differently than you thought and you are getting too much sway, pull over and adjust the links on the weight distributing hitch before going much further.
If the truck ever gets to where it is getting pushed around too much by the load and you start to fishtail, grab the manual activation lever on the brake controller and add trailer brakes - not truck brakes.
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geeez, and u guys called me nuts!!!!! i may pull alot of weight, but ive never once been blown around or pushed by my trailer!!!!
i'd pee my pants if my truck wandered around with a trailer!!!!
i'd pee my pants if my truck wandered around with a trailer!!!!
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Bighoss....I know you pull lots and lots of weight because I have seen your posts. What type of load?....I assume its probably an open, rather than an enclosed trailer, which is what causes the problem. When the tractor trailers come by, especially the flat nosed ones, the air they are pushing off the front pushes an enclosed trailer over pretty good. Its the blast of air against the wall of the enclosed trailer that does the trick. I would think open trailers like hotshot car trailers don't react as bad.
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Don't you tow a 5th wheel or gooseneck?
On the tag or pull trailers, air being pushed by the front end of tractor trailers and buses pushes against the rear of the trailer and wants to move it to the side away from the high pressure air. This translates through the trailer to the hitch at the rear of the truck and wants to push the rear end of the truck the other way.
As you drive down the road you can feel other cars and trucks coming up behind you as a bit of a tug on the steering wheel.
That's why you need the tongue weight, to help keep the rear end of the truck planted.
Guys new to towing a pull trailer often don't load the tongue enough and things get exciting :-(
On the tag or pull trailers, air being pushed by the front end of tractor trailers and buses pushes against the rear of the trailer and wants to move it to the side away from the high pressure air. This translates through the trailer to the hitch at the rear of the truck and wants to push the rear end of the truck the other way.
As you drive down the road you can feel other cars and trucks coming up behind you as a bit of a tug on the steering wheel.
That's why you need the tongue weight, to help keep the rear end of the truck planted.
Guys new to towing a pull trailer often don't load the tongue enough and things get exciting :-(
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Look at my Gallery, with that trailer if I do not run with sway control it will do what I call tail wag..................only when I get passed by a semi.... not very often...it is from the bow wave of air...like Ghoffman explained....it can in the wrong instance become the dance with the devil, if all critical components come together (like crown of road, side wind, mountain valley situation)..ug…real bad....I only know of this on TAGs do not know it happens with 5ths. Statistically this is the single largest cause of trailer turnovers (under 32 foot) on American highways. Balance is important.
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Thanks for all the input. I will definitely take heed when towing. The trailer dealer that I have been talking to suggested that type of hitch.
There is a picture on the wall of the trailer dealer of this guy w/ a SD with probably a 12'' lift and 40 something tires on it. He engineered this enormous drop hitch to accomodate his trailer. My buddy was there the same day picking up his trailer and he saw it and said there was alot of steel in it!
There is a picture on the wall of the trailer dealer of this guy w/ a SD with probably a 12'' lift and 40 something tires on it. He engineered this enormous drop hitch to accomodate his trailer. My buddy was there the same day picking up his trailer and he saw it and said there was alot of steel in it!