Towing need advice on purchase of travel trailer

[DennisAJC]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by drmiles:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PARAGON:

Now with rear air, it's even more complicated. Someone pointed out that they could load the trailer with door open so that the rear air wouldn't kick in. Well this would bind the system needlessly and make the tow extremely unsafe due to fishtailing. You might can find a fine balance between the weight distribution and the rear air, but that system is no longer adaptable. Change the dynamics of the trailer load or the load in the H2 and it screws up the fine tuning that was done, all for no real improvement in safety or handling.

So, on vehicles with air suspensions, not only is weight distribution not necessary, it can be hazardous since, in effect, the two systems will be fighting against one another instead of working in conjunction. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


Not true, the idea of the torsion bars on the equilizer hitch is to remove excess tongue weight. Not to remove all weight off the hitch. It also prevents excessive weight from being shifted to the tongue when traveling down bumpy and uneven roads.. If properly loade you can keep the tongue weight to the ideal weight and the air bags don't have to air up as much, or hold as much weight. Also the air bags cannot compensate for bumps and sudden shifts of weight as you travel down the road @ 60 mph. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thanks Jerry.