Postby doctahjones » Fri Mar 23, 2012 11:08 am
the biggest thing i can say is make sure you load the trailer properly!!
and not just front to back load, side to side as well.
last year we moved my gma from georgia to texas to live with my mom.
1st trip we had one of the smaller 5x8's i think? it's the 'middle' sized enclosed one that has 1 axle. didn't get very much trailer sway even at 70mph, but i don't think we put enough weight in the front of the trailer because that dang hitch was loud as heck every time we went over bumps.
2nd trip we used that large double axle enclosed one. front to back i loaded it great, but apparently i didn't side to side. anytime i'd get over about 65 i'd get -bad- trailer sway. so much that one time passing a semi i thought we were going to eat it. so i set cruise to like 65 and we were fine. something about 66 it didn't like though.
on the second trip i put the rear tires to 40psi. i also did not have the airlift, but either time i did not see any butt sag. not sure how the airlift would have helped the sway on the second trip, but i wish i had done it before so i could see.
my v8 didn't seem to struggle at all pulling either trailer. gas mileage was about 14 on the hwy pulling the second trailer, can't remember on the first.
as for stopping, it was easy on both trailers. the smaller one didn't have -that- much weight, and the second had the hydrolic trailer brakes that activate based on forward pressure on the hitch.
hope that helps.