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The caparison to my highly modified cargo trailer to commercially made campers is unfair. Mine has a much lower center of gravity that helps stability. All steel structure is more rigid. There is no doubt in my mind that all the mods DS has made are worth it and needed IMO. His relaxed state when he got to LS is testimony to that. He drove through some harsh winds. I had the chance to speak with a retired engineer from Winnebago (he is driving a truck part time to occupy his time now.) Bet we talked for over an hour. The stability of motorhomes and camper trailers has been a know and ongoing issue. They went out on the interstates and filmed campers going down the road. The noted that the chassis were working properly. But the super structure was flexing out of square from the chassis. Going from squares to parallelograms. I suspect this is more pronounced on the toy haulers since they have fewer interior walls at the back. This motion then transfers to the chassis. So the shocks have to be doing a lot to help. Knowing how happy DS is with his hitch and shocks has made me think about doing shocks on the trailer. Know something can be better is a real bitch. Thanks DS for putting another like to do on the list for the money pit I call a trailer. Dam thing is like a buggy, its never done. The air hitch concept just rocks in my book. Anything that takes the shock load off has got to be better for the trailer and tow truck. I had air bags on my last truck and loved them. They took some load off the leaf springs and made a huge difference in trailer bucking. Didn't hit the overload springs. I suspect they acted a lot like the air hitch to some degree by softening that transition. Been thinking of adding those to my 3500. I don't have the cash for a air hitch. Now should we talk about going from bumper pull to fifth wheel/ gooseneck? I know DS just loved his bumper hitch camper! Dam, that was a lot to type. Stuck at home off my foot. Not much else to do.... I even paid all the bills. So internet here I go. Shit here goes some money...
I have a class 5 http://www.airsafehitches.com/receiver_hitches.html#Class5 and ahttp://www.trailersaver.com/airsuspensionhitches_ts3.php 5th and goose.I don't feel the trailer behind a C4500 GMC. A very smooth ride in the truck.The trailer looks smooth till you look at the hitch going down the road. Just walk to the back seat. Pulled a 39.5' toy hauler.. didn't hardly feel it.. 2500' pin weight. 18,000 empty. Nice trailer but,what a pig.Don't like to tow without one.Worth the money IMO.