Steve A Kuehnel
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Towing a 4900 lb. travel trailer with 2013 Espy with HD tow package. I'm getting a lot of up and down movement with the Espy. I have an r3 campco recurve hitch.
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It looks like that's a weight distribution hitch. We have a lot of up and down when we hit some bumps, but, we've weighted our trailer down in the back. I think 2/3 of weight should be towards hitch. We load a motorcycle on the back of our camper.Towing a 4900 lb. travel trailer with 2013 Espy with HD tow package. I'm getting a lot of up and down movement with the Espy. I have an r3 campco recurve hitch.
Towing a 4900 lb. travel trailer with 2013 Espy with HD tow package. I'm getting a lot of up and down movement with the Espy. I have an r3 campco recurve hitch.
Check your weight and balance. You need weight on the ball.
I've towed the same ~6000 pound travel trailer since 2005 with my Expeditions with none of these symptoms. First with a '07 and presently with a '17, both with HD towing. Equalizer (brand) WDH with 13%-15% on the ball as required for safe towing. Eastern mountains (nothing over 5000'). Run at highway speeds 65mph typically.
-- Chuck
My near perfect towing setup is:
2013 Limited with HD tow
Equalizer 12k WDH
LT truck tires (Falken Wildpeaks); aired up to almost 80psi when towing
Sumospring helpers on the back
Bilstein 4600s (front and back)
My Retro 265 probably weighs close to 6k loaded and I can get up to 70+ will minimal porpoising on bumps.
Also make sure your trailer load is balanced, probably biasing towards the front of the trailer axles.