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Picked up our brand new 2022 240ss with the 8.2l 380hp Mercruiser this morning at a dealer that is 200 miles from me.
This boat and trailer is the worst thing I have ever towed. The trailer sway was so bad that I never felt comfortable traveling faster than 55 mph. The entire drive was on a freeway. There was a lot of wind up here in the northwest today, that may be part of it. It’s often quite windy here in Eastern WA and I have plenty of experience towing trailers in the wind. Nothing I’ve towed has had this much sway.
My tow vehicle is a Yukon XL Denali. It’s rated for 7900 lbs of trailer and I had plenty of power if I needed it. It barely broke a sweat pulling the few hills I encountered. I kinda had a feeling that there wasn’t much tongue weight put on my rig when we hooked up the trailer. The Denalis have auto leveling suspension and I can hear the compressor kick on with even the slightest load. When the trailer was hooked up, the compressor did not activate.
When I got home, I picked up on the trailer tongue, still connected to the truck and was able to raise the tongue with minimal difficulty.
it looks like I may be able to move the winch mast on my trailer forward slightly. Maybe 2 to 4 inches. I’m not sure though if this will be enough to increase the tongue weight on my trailer enough to fix the sway.
Besides loading some gear in the bow of the boat and moving the winch mast forward, any ideas on how to increase the tongue weight on my trailer?
This boat and trailer is the worst thing I have ever towed. The trailer sway was so bad that I never felt comfortable traveling faster than 55 mph. The entire drive was on a freeway. There was a lot of wind up here in the northwest today, that may be part of it. It’s often quite windy here in Eastern WA and I have plenty of experience towing trailers in the wind. Nothing I’ve towed has had this much sway.
My tow vehicle is a Yukon XL Denali. It’s rated for 7900 lbs of trailer and I had plenty of power if I needed it. It barely broke a sweat pulling the few hills I encountered. I kinda had a feeling that there wasn’t much tongue weight put on my rig when we hooked up the trailer. The Denalis have auto leveling suspension and I can hear the compressor kick on with even the slightest load. When the trailer was hooked up, the compressor did not activate.
When I got home, I picked up on the trailer tongue, still connected to the truck and was able to raise the tongue with minimal difficulty.
it looks like I may be able to move the winch mast on my trailer forward slightly. Maybe 2 to 4 inches. I’m not sure though if this will be enough to increase the tongue weight on my trailer enough to fix the sway.
Besides loading some gear in the bow of the boat and moving the winch mast forward, any ideas on how to increase the tongue weight on my trailer?
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