ok, this weekend i went camping. pulled a tt and had a quad in my truck. the tt just BARELY moved the truck when i set it onto the ball, not much tongue weight. the problem is whenever i hit a decent bump, the back of the truck felt like a pogo stick, up down up down, for a couple times till it settled. it was like the shocks just couldnt handle it. has anyone else experienced this? if so, have you done anything that helped it?

 

Replace your shocks with a set of Bilsteins.

 

Do you have a weight distributing hitch? If not, you really need one. I towed a 19 foot travel trailer without a weight distrubuting hitch for a couple of years and I couldn't believe the difference it makes. Try it, you'll like it.

 

Roadmaster active suspension will stop that for sure.

 

I noticed that you have a 2 1/2 Autospring on your truck, thats probably your problem. When i got my 2 inch they asked me if i was going to tow. Front end higher shifts your gvwr, plus an atv in the back with a trailer on the back is just asking for problems. Go to a spring shop and get some spring work done to handle all of that weight. Shocks are a plus with spring work.. Good luck..

 

i have used a weight distributing hitch before on another trailer, this one had just about no tongue weight, so it really didnt need it. it did it even without the atv. im thinking the bilsteins are the trick. the springs handle it fine, the shocks just cant dampen the force.

 

I had issues along those lines. Timbrens solved all of them though. Well worth the $125 they cost. Now I can load the bed and tow the 7g trailer with ease.

 

Yea new shocks should do the job. Ford used ****ty shocks to save money but at least we have a gas filter unlinke the new chevys

 

I think the problem here is not enough tongue weight. Any travel trailer that just barely drops the truck like he said is not right. Sounds to me like the pogo'ing is the trailer bouncing the back of the truck UP when hitting bumps. The rule of thumb is 10% of trailer weight should be on tongue, maybe you should get it weighed. I've pulled an 18 ft enclosed car hauler with mine and had no problems with bounce. My trailer weight was approx 4500 lbs with a 500 lb tongue weight and no equalizer hitch. Just my .02

 

I think that this is the exact problem. It is not a shock or spring thing, it's a weight distribution problem in the trailer. You have to have enough tongue weight to allow the truck to "handle" it. This situation allowed the trailer to pick up the rear end a little when slowing down. Can be quite dangerous at times. I do agree that adding a little spring to the rear will help, since you are hauling an ATV too.

 

i think i understand now. the weight transfer of the trailer adds to the spring effect, and the shocks valving just cant handle that.