Squirley Trailers and Trailer Hitches
A good friend of mine just moved to town today, and I had the privilege of helping him unload his trailer. He had pulled one of the larger U-Haul trailers behind his F-150, and he had that thing stuffed to the gills. I asked him how the ride was, and he said that the truck didn’t have any problems towing up the hills, but that the trailer was very squirley and jerked his truck around the whole way. Then, when the trailer was empty, we took it back to the shop, and i was amazed at how jerky the ride was–even empty.
That jerky trip with an empty trailer really got me thinking about trailer hitch products that are out there that could have made his ride a lot more smoother. Mark’s post the other day about air ride trailer hitch systems and their air-bag designs came immediately to mind, as did anti-sway bars and friction devices. His truck would have probably handled better when the trailer was fully loaded if he had a weight distributing trailer hitch, but that wouldn’t have helped our ride much with the empty trailer. My friend doesn’t tow a lot, so he can probably get by with just his standard Class III trailer hitch on his truck, but for those of us that have a trailer attached to our hitch more often than not, these trailer hitch accessories can really be life savers.
Towing, Trailer Hitches | Nate, 25 Jan 07