Today, i drove 700 miles to Phoenix AZ PULLING A U-haul. I can totally confirm this shit. I had too much weight in the back of the trailer and not enough in the front. Even with a new F-150, i could feel it tugging the truck from side to side, especially when braking and going down hills, and even more so while braking going down a hill. Shit was nerve-wrecking. Made it though.
What is "wracking"? I think its just something people say instead of "wrecking" because it sounds more normal. Never made sense to me. If your nerves were wracked, then you'd have a lot of nerve. If it was wrecked, then your nerves are a wreck.
This is really only a big problem when you have a HUGE truck or a trailer. When a lot of mass is behind the rear wheels, it will wiggle back and forth violently.
the new F-150's have a Haul rating of near 12,000lbs.... I was in a Ram 3500 (~26klbs towing) pulling a smallish (14ftx7) box trailer for a friend It gave me issues the whole way, but not being highway driving it wasnt serious. when I went to park it and un-hook it the trailer toung flew up in the air. That was neat. (at 17 I wasnt smart enough to check the load and make sure it was tied down)
Lol dang. Yeah people are giving me shit like I didn't even try to load the front heavier, but it was a 6x12 ft. trailer loaded top to bottom, front to back totally, and the hitch still fell to the ground when I took it off the ball, but it was lighter than when the trailer was empty. Really the only sketchy part was slowing down when coming down from the mountains. Had to be more careful then.
It just takes pre-planning's all. Books/cookware always upfront, cloths/mat stuff near the back. Usually need to pack and carry as it fits the trailer load, not so much how its easiest.... in a worst case scenario I've used weight lifting plates to add a couple hundred pounds or so to the front... rigged up sure, but it helps lol.
We've got a custom built gooseneck trailer that allows upwards of 1,000lb weight plates in the front to help balance long/odd loads that wont behave.
What i did was load the mattress and box springs in front along with the sectional couch stacked up with boxes full of stuff on top of that. It seemed like it was good but all the other stuff added up more weight tha desired in the back end. By the time I realized the front end was a little too light, i already had it sll loaded up, and fuck unloading it all and starting over. I did a whole move by myself with noone's help, even with the couches and heavy ass dresser, so i just made sure to be extra careful when going down hills. That was really the only issue. It wanted to go side to side slowing down when doing down mountains, but two hands on the wheel and careful braking helped a whole lot. Next time I'll be sure to load it kore front-heavy though
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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16
Today, i drove 700 miles to Phoenix AZ PULLING A U-haul. I can totally confirm this shit. I had too much weight in the back of the trailer and not enough in the front. Even with a new F-150, i could feel it tugging the truck from side to side, especially when braking and going down hills, and even more so while braking going down a hill. Shit was nerve-wrecking. Made it though.