Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:41 am by WEW51L110
Noted!! Thanks guys for all the help. What seems like a lifetime ago, my dad gave me advise on trailers since he was a truck driver in the '50's and early '60's and I've tried to remember as much of that advice as I could. He past away in '85 so, I don't have that resource anymore. One thing I've always tried to accomplish with any trailer pull event, is to make sure the trailer is at least slightly heavy on the tongue end. (60/40 is the weight bias I've seen) If the trailer is tilted with the tongue up, it will tend to want to fishtail. Can't say how many times traveling I've seen proof that is true. Saw one car pulling a trailer with the tongue higher than level and when the driver went into emergency stop the trailer wanted to go one side or the other pushing the car with it. Apparently the trailer was loaded with too much weight behind the axle and that caused the tongue to be high. It was a nice looking Chevelle, too, and I hope he was able to save it. Weight balance is critically important for a successful pull. Likewise diltonw, I don't want the tongue so low it'll be a ground scraper everywhere. F-150's are relatively high clearance these days and I'll be paying attention to how high that tongue is. May have to invest in one of those height adjustable hitches.
L110 owner since 1974, finally rebuilt 2014.