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Gen 2 rear is TOO lightly sprung! needs airbags
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<blockquote data-quote="Jack_Toepfer" data-source="post: 1117505" data-attributes="member: 13601"><p>Harassing a guy for doing truck stuff with his truck... maybe you guys can put your ***** back in your pants?</p><p></p><p>For the guy who doesn't have any tongue weight?!?! You should have 10-15% tongue weight. So, HUNDREDS of pounds of tongue weight. The trailer should not be "balanced" that is deadly. </p><p></p><p>A 3500lb trailer should have about 500lbs of tongue weight. I would recommend a weight distributing hitch before I recommended air bags. </p><p>Bags will level the truck, but a wdh will level the load. Bags can hide too much tongue weight and make the front end "float" a little. The wdh makes the load feel like it is more balanced to the truck and less like it is hanging a foot off of the bumper. Bags and wdh is very tough to do right, and nobody should ever need both. </p><p>I would, however, recommend bags if you were towing a gooseneck or a 5th wheel to help with the pin weight, which should be 15-20%... because you cannot use a wdh with a bed mounted hitch. So the bags are simply leveling the truck. </p><p></p><p>I hope this helped a little, I know it helped more than the guys telling you to stick to the sand box and not use your truck for its intended purpose.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Dane - you have a weight distribution hitch in that picture. I wouldn't call it a fair comparison between a Gen1 with a wdh and a Gen2 without. His truck will never sit like that without help. Your truck probably has 800lbs of tongue weight, but it is being distributed to the front end as well. That is why your truck sits level, steers and brakes like it should, and tows like a freight train.</p><p></p><p></p><p>FWIW - I can't wait for TFL to tow 8k up the gauntlet with this thing and show what it's capable of. Going to surprise some people I'm sure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jack_Toepfer, post: 1117505, member: 13601"] Harassing a guy for doing truck stuff with his truck... maybe you guys can put your ***** back in your pants? For the guy who doesn't have any tongue weight?!?! You should have 10-15% tongue weight. So, HUNDREDS of pounds of tongue weight. The trailer should not be "balanced" that is deadly. A 3500lb trailer should have about 500lbs of tongue weight. I would recommend a weight distributing hitch before I recommended air bags. Bags will level the truck, but a wdh will level the load. Bags can hide too much tongue weight and make the front end "float" a little. The wdh makes the load feel like it is more balanced to the truck and less like it is hanging a foot off of the bumper. Bags and wdh is very tough to do right, and nobody should ever need both. I would, however, recommend bags if you were towing a gooseneck or a 5th wheel to help with the pin weight, which should be 15-20%... because you cannot use a wdh with a bed mounted hitch. So the bags are simply leveling the truck. I hope this helped a little, I know it helped more than the guys telling you to stick to the sand box and not use your truck for its intended purpose. Dane - you have a weight distribution hitch in that picture. I wouldn't call it a fair comparison between a Gen1 with a wdh and a Gen2 without. His truck will never sit like that without help. Your truck probably has 800lbs of tongue weight, but it is being distributed to the front end as well. That is why your truck sits level, steers and brakes like it should, and tows like a freight train. FWIW - I can't wait for TFL to tow 8k up the gauntlet with this thing and show what it's capable of. Going to surprise some people I'm sure. [/QUOTE]
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