Raising the axle on my Egg camper???

[Jim Thor]

Originally Posted by Borrego Dave

Dog trotting is caused by the axle not being at a 90* angle to the ball. Some times a good hit on a curb or hole can knock it out of square. But in these cases it would come from an axle that is held to the frame with u bolts. My axle was bolted on and the lift kit from LHC was all machined to keep it all square. Tail wag is caused by an uneven load, front to back or side to side, not the height. Sounds like you have had a bit of this already going on before the lift so I really have say your loading is causing it. Have you weighed the tongue?

You are right on target. This is more evident when loaded to heavy to the rear. Have a Trailer shop, are alignment shop Square the axle to the frame.

[kirkman]

The tongue weight is 300 Lbs and she is square. I double checked that. I don't have hardly any thing in the camper right now so it cant be I have it loaded wrong. it's got me baffled
It's not bad, it only gets squirmy after 60mph.

[Jim Thor]

Originally Posted by kirkman

The tongue weight is 300 Lbs and she is square. I double checked that. I don't have hardly any thing in the camper right now so it cant be I have it loaded wrong. it's got me baffled
It's not bad, it only gets squirmy after 60mph.

Did you change your tires/wheels?

[kirkman]

No I did not change my tiers.


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[Jim Thor]

Originally Posted by kirkman

Ok after test towing the extra lift has made it a bit loose. I am going to add a anti sway bar. It's not bad, but I want it to be as safe as possible incase I have to do some abrupt maneuvering.


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Well that eliminates that idea. Sometimes if you put radials on a trailer, it will feel squirley

[kirkman]

Originally Posted by Jim Thor

Well that eliminates that idea. Sometimes if you put radials on a trailer, it will feel squirley

Yep I'm baffled ! When I leave for NJ I will try loading it heavy up front and see how it tows.


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[Jesse Sutherland]

I had my axel flipped as well as struts put on. it has almost 2 feet clearance now. I take it to back road camping and have no troubles getting anywhere is need to go. Costly but worth every penny

[kirkman]

Well I solved my problem. I lowered my ball height another 2 " and it towed like a dream.


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[Jim Thor]

Outstanding. When I had my original Burro, it pulled excellent.

[kirkman]

After 6 hours of towing some of it in rush hour traffic on the garden state parkway in NJ with all the crazy drivers. I am happy to report my Eggcamper preformed like a dream and the new lift kit let me get into some places I could have never dared to.


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[Jim Thor]

Does anyone know which Dexter lift kit is for a B Burro?

[MC1]

Originally Posted by kirkman

What I meant was I think by raising the center of gravity it has made it unstable. It does not track behind the TV as well as it did before. It's like it does not have enough tongue weight.

I agree. This is the common result of raising a trailer or any vehicle. Stability is reduced in one form or another, or to some degree or another.

Even as a kid at the CNE stock car race one car had the back end raised higher than the rest of the field. On every corner it started to get tipsy.