fish tailing
 

I have a 32 tag trailer that I pull with 1 ton pickup. I would say the front of the trailer is 5 or 6 inches lower than the back of the trailer when hooked up to the truck. It is a triple axle trailer. I have the draw tight bars pretty tight. The problem I have is the trailer even when empty fish tails way to much it's really bad when I need to pull out to pass another car or around slight corners. Any ideas?

Re: fish tailing
 

raise the hitch to get the trailer level. with it low in the front front there is too much weight on the front axle.

Re: fish tailing
 

Get your trailer level and then get a dual-cam sway control from Reese or Draw-tite.

http://www.reeseprod.com/content/pro...id=1665&part=0

Forget the "friction" sway controllers, they aren't worth anything on that big of a trailer. But the dual-cam, set up properly, will make you forget the thing is even back there.

Re: fish tailing
 

Not sure if its the same for tag trailers but Gooseneck trailers should almost always be pulled with the front of the trailer 3 degrees higher than the back when loaded.

Re: fish tailing
 

Level the trailer first, it doesn't need to be perfect, but get it better, I have mine a little higher in the front.

But, I think mainly You need more tongue weight, start moving the car forward or shift other weight forward and it will stop swaying.With a 1 ton truck and load bars you should be able to put plenty of tongue wt on it and go down the road as fast as you want with no problems.

Re: fish tailing
 

Is the back of the truck level or down like it's over loaded?I tow a small (18') but heavy
(almost 7K) with a Dakota with a 5.2.I have an air bag setup on the rear springs,and load bars.Truck sits level,trailer a tad higher in front than back and other than huffing in the hills it tows fine.Don't ask me about stopping briskly.

Re: fish tailing
 

I have a 34 ft tag with full living quarters and 22 ft garage for my camaro.It's also a triple axle and I had a similiar problem until I installed the EQUALIZER HITCH.Here is the link:
http://equalizerhitch.com/
Well worth the $575 dollers.No wind proplems,or when Big trucks pass.

Re: fish tailing
 

Is your truck a dually? if not your tires are probably overloaded with a trailer that long.

Re: fish tailing
 

I've put thousands of miles on my similar combination, 32ft tripple axle tag behind a 1 ton crew cab dually... it wasn't bad, but things got a lot better, particularly in the Mojave crosswinds on the way to Vegas, after I added a single Reese friction-type sway control. Much like a shock absorber on all four corners of any car or truck, sway control devices damp out sway between the truck and trailer.

I latter towed the same 32ft tag trailer behind our 1 ton 15 passenger Ford van... the sway came back. For $60, I simply added a second Reese friction-type sway device, and the problem went away!

I'm a believer... "your results may vary"