today is a good day

[boaterntexas]

well thanks to the 70 and sunny weather we had here this weekend, I took my boat out, started right up and ran great. However I was having a little problem with trailer sway. The vehicle is a 1988 grand wagoneer, which whiegh in at 4500 lbs, good tires all balanced. class III tow hitch. the boat 1991 17.5' vhull single axel trailer.. whieghs in at about 2500lbs.. <br /><br />my question is should I move more of the boat towards the tounge or aft?

 

[mellowyellow]

Re: today is a good day

didn't say what you caught tex <br />post this in trailer section for best results.

 

[JB]

Re: today is a good day

Howdy, BNT.<br /><br />Don't move the boat if it is correctly located on the trailer, with the transom on the last keel roller or at the ends of the bunks. Move the suspension/axle assembly back. <br /><br />You should have 7 to 10% of the trailer weight on the tongue. That would be about 200-250lb. <br /><br />Moving to Trailers.<br /><br />Good luck.

 

[oregonducker]

Re: today is a good day

If the swaying you are talking about happens when you are just driving straight down the road and gets worse the faster you go then you have too much weight behind the axle(s). Do what JB said. Just wanted to throw in my two cents here because I know two people who have flipped trailers because of this. The tow vehicle even flipped in one case and the truck in the other one got up on two wheels before the trailer broke loose.

 

[BillP]

Re: today is a good day

Ditto...usually sway is from too little tongue weight and radial tires can make the sway big time worse. Especially when loaded to max. Check your tire pressures and get tongue weight about 10%. If it still sways go to more tongue weight and do bias tires.