Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Ok when im going down the road my trailer bounces... need help..

Need more info: what kind of tires? type of trailer? approximate weight of trailer? etc.

Perhaps a better road ?


O.K. O.K. I'll get serious...... Tire pressure : can you lower it a bit?

Are you fully loaded as you would be for camping ?

Camping gear can add 150 to 300 pounds !

If this is an old style frame perhaps you are just sprung too heavy.

Mine bounces a little too. Havent figured out why yet.

ok trailer loaded weights 1000 lbs. I have golf crate tires tried different tire pressures.

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A common cause of bouncing is when the spring leaves have rusted together. If possible, take them off the axle and dismantle them. Run a 4" disk sander on the leaves to remove any rust then lubricate the leaves with grease and reassemble. Lubrication of the spring leaves makes a huge difference to their performance. Some people prefer not to lubricate the leaves as it can lessen the dampening affect due to friction between the leaves but I would lubricate them regardless to make sure they are working. The grease will work its way out eventually regardless.

Kody

Swap out the springs with a pair for a lighter load. Springs are actually pretty inexpensive. With a golf cart type tire, it sounds like you used a pop up trailer axle set up. Pop up's aren't all that light so it was probably sprung heavier than you need. FWIW. Doug

Is this the frame you used?

campwithme wrote:ok trailer loaded weights 1000 lbs. I have golf crate tires tried different tire pressures.

I don't know if your tires are like these http://recstuff.com/18.5-8.508-Load-Range-C-Bias-Ply-Trailer-Tire.aspx, but if they are, then you might be overtaxing your tires. At 1000 lbs, you would be 7% over max @ 50psi. Maybe what you're experiencing isn't really bouncing (heavy springs and/or overinflated tires), but the squirming and flex of the tires' sidewalls. Not enough tire for the load. In a similar vein: My accountant father, long gone now, once told me that the shocks were bad or something on his pickup (3/4 ton with 16.5" diameter wheels), so when he dropped by one night, I took a test ride. It sure rode loosely. I asked to drive, and yep, it was squirming even on straight roads. I stopped, got the flashlight and tire pressure gauge, and checked all four tires...10-12psi on all four! (A friend at work had deflated them for him, for driving in snow!) Those tires were intended for 80 psi; I was amazed they hadn't come unseated off the rims. Properly inflated the tires at the first gas station, then the pickup had a firm but really positive feel. It was only two years old, so no problems existed except for gross under-inflation. Maybe not the same situation for you, but the point is that the tires and springs need to be working together and be in the same ballpark as the intended loads carried. My trailer, as usual for me, tests the envelope, but manages to be slightly within its' limits.

sorry I didn't use a popup trailer... it was motor cycle trailer... and the only thing I use from it was the axle.

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How many leaves are your springs made with? It's a bit hard to see in the photo. If you have four leaves, try removing one. This will take out the extreme bouncing immediately.

Kody

ok there 1750 lbs. springs and I did remove the bottom spring.... I think there 5 springs

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