REAR SUSPENSION

SCOTT905 · Post by **SCOTT905** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 6:26 pm

WHEN PULLING MY CARGO TRAILER THE REAR SUSPENSION SAGS.NEED TO ADD AIRBAGS OR COILS WHAT IS THERE OUT THERE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM....THANKS.

jessef · Post by **jessef** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:02 pm

SCOTT905 wrote:WHEN PULLING MY CARGO TRAILER THE REAR SUSPENSION SAGS.NEED TO ADD AIRBAGS OR COILS WHAT IS THERE OUT THERE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM....THANKS.

SCOTT905 wrote:WHAT IS THERE OUT THERE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM

SCOTT905 wrote:ADD AIRBAGS

YOU ARE WELCOME !

Mr. Flibble · Post by **Mr. Flibble** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:25 pm

YOU COULD ADD STRONGER COILS, BUT AIRBAGS ARE MORE VERSATILE!

jessef · Post by **jessef** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:28 pm

AIRBAGS ARE BETTER FoR ToWiNg aS yOu GeT tHe NoRmAl RiDe HeIgHt wItHoUt tHe TrAiLeR aNd AdDeD lIfT wItH AiRbAgS WhIlE ToWiNg.

SoMeThInG's wRoNg WiTh My CaPs LoCk.

mararmeisto · Post by **mararmeisto** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:33 pm

WHY ARE WE YELLING?

unclebazwold · Post by **unclebazwold** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:40 am

What is the nose weight of the trailer the springs may also just be sagging with age and a pair of ironman springs may solve the problem.
Bazza

mrdueck · Post by **mrdueck** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 5:41 am

I've got the same issue. I suspect the coils are tired but I don't want to put HD springs in and loose my comfort ride. We travel Wpg to BC ALOT. Airbags is what I am starting to seriously consider. I'm not crazy about how the Firestone slip in the coil plastic looking ones as they don't look very durable and am considering finding some more "truck" type rubber ones. Problem at this point is finding the right one to mod for the L400. I plan to do this for the summer vacation. Has anybody else looked into this?

tonydca · Post by **tonydca** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:33 am

I've sorta got the oppostie complaint. I think the standard-issue L400 has a fair amount of unsprung weight, so it's pretty choppy over little bumps around town.

The best ride quality I ever had was when I was hauling about 600 lbs of turf stacked up over the rear wheels. Smoooth!

So yeah - air bags'd be a neat upgrade.

ealanm · Post by **ealanm** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:29 pm

Is it possible you're just got more tongue weight than you should have? Unless it's a really big trailer, if one reasonably strong person can't lift the tongue off the hitch there's probably too much load on it.

mrdueck · Post by **mrdueck** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:02 pm

3 kids, a dog, a full rack on top and she is saggying. I haven't even got a hitch on her yet.

mararmeisto · Post by **mararmeisto** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:13 pm

ealanm wrote:Is it possible you're just got more tongue weight than you should have? Unless it's a really big trailer, if one reasonably strong person can't lift the tongue off the hitch there's probably too much load on it.

Tongue weight is generally not supposed to exceed 10% of total trailer weight.

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