sailor55330
Seaman Apprentice
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- Aug 16, 2013
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i am pulling a Cobaltl r3 on a custom Eagle tandem trailer with my 08 Sequoia. I have verified on a cat scale that I am at 5880 lbs with boat trailer and gear. My tongue weight is 9.1% or 540 lbs. all of these numbers are within the limits of the tow vehicle, include hitch, axle, and payload ratings--again using cat scale #s and checked against the trucks manuals. Here's my question--
I had a loaner trailer when I first got the boat as it came with an Eagle custom trailer built for the boat that took 4 weeks to deliver. The loaner trailer was a Yachtclub trailer and pulled with no issues. I got the Eagle today and the tongue is about 2.5-3ft longer. It pulls like crap. It pushed the truck around and porpoises quite a bit, even with airbags. I'm a little confused at this. The one thing about the trailer set up is that the tongue needs to be raised about 1-1.5" to be level which I will correct with a different draw bar. The loaner trailer was the same, but I chose to wait until I had the new trailer as it was towing ok. The truck itself has barely 1 inch of rear sag. Can the extra tongue length be the culprit?
The other factor is after I got the rig home, I was going through the trailer and the tires are wrong. The sticker on the frame calls for 215/75/14. 3 of the tires are 205/75/14. I didn't catch that at the dealer and I will have them correct. I know they got 3 trailers in on the same day and my guess is someone didn't pay enough attention prepping it--interestingly the spare is the right size. I will get them to correct that asap. Could the 1 tire be causing the issues? I know the 215 tire has about 60lbs more carrying capacity per tire. They are load range c. Rainier radials which are hard to find much info on. I'm sure they are not the greatest
Right now I'm pretty disappointed that a custom trailer tows this poorly when an adjustable trailer pulled much better.
Thank you in advance
I had a loaner trailer when I first got the boat as it came with an Eagle custom trailer built for the boat that took 4 weeks to deliver. The loaner trailer was a Yachtclub trailer and pulled with no issues. I got the Eagle today and the tongue is about 2.5-3ft longer. It pulls like crap. It pushed the truck around and porpoises quite a bit, even with airbags. I'm a little confused at this. The one thing about the trailer set up is that the tongue needs to be raised about 1-1.5" to be level which I will correct with a different draw bar. The loaner trailer was the same, but I chose to wait until I had the new trailer as it was towing ok. The truck itself has barely 1 inch of rear sag. Can the extra tongue length be the culprit?
The other factor is after I got the rig home, I was going through the trailer and the tires are wrong. The sticker on the frame calls for 215/75/14. 3 of the tires are 205/75/14. I didn't catch that at the dealer and I will have them correct. I know they got 3 trailers in on the same day and my guess is someone didn't pay enough attention prepping it--interestingly the spare is the right size. I will get them to correct that asap. Could the 1 tire be causing the issues? I know the 215 tire has about 60lbs more carrying capacity per tire. They are load range c. Rainier radials which are hard to find much info on. I'm sure they are not the greatest
Right now I'm pretty disappointed that a custom trailer tows this poorly when an adjustable trailer pulled much better.
Thank you in advance