Towing Jayco Octane 222

Half track · Dec 6, 2021

I had a 26x Nash travel trailer, at one time.

Dry weight was 6,300 lbs. It's loaded weight was 8,000 lbs.
It's dry tongue weight was 950 lbs. It's loaded tongue weight was 1,250 lbs.

Even with my F250 diesel, I had to put air bags on the truck to be level. Max receiver weight on the f250 at that time was 1,250 lbs.
Was not fun to tow.
I sold the trailer after two years.

2mchfun · Dec 6, 2021

Something not really mentioned here yet is axle articulation. When I first had Sumo springs with a stock non lifted truck, articulation wasn't looking good. Solution, bought a second set and cut them down just about 2.5". For off road articulation, I could then simply hi lift the truck and swap the bump stop/Sumo's in 20 min. without a problem. Not really an issue any longer due to the lift from the leaf packs.

ColoradoTJ · Dec 6, 2021

Half track said: ↑

I had a 26x Nash travel trailer, at one time.

Dry weight was 6,300 lbs. It's loaded weight was 8,000 lbs.
It's dry tongue weight was 950 lbs. It's loaded tongue weight was 1,250 lbs.

Even with my F250 diesel, I had to put air bags on the truck to be level. Max receiver weight on the f250 at that time was 1,250 lbs.
Was not fun to tow.
I sold the trailer after two years.
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Sounds about right. Mine is a toy hauler and I never had a ATV or MX bike in it. My tongue weight was around 925 lbs.

With a properly set up WDH and having the nose down a little, towed nicely.

fisherman951 · Dec 6, 2021

AzureNightmare said: ↑

This is mostly what I've gleaned from my years browsing and reading on the forum here. This is not first hand info.

I know you can get add a leaf stuff like ColoradoTJ had on his, but he said it sucked, so...

Others use Sumo Springs or some other kind of helper spring. I've not seen anyone be particularly unhappy with them, but some have raised concerns that you are pinpointing the weight and possibly leveraging on components in the suspension.

Airbags are popular, but they can cause setting issued when used with a WDH. Same potential for leveraging on the suspension as Sumos.

The Roadmaster Active Suspension gets suggested a lot, but I've not seen a ton of documentation on results. @2mchfun has them, I think.

IIRC, some especially ambitious members out in California actually put in wider leaf spring mounts so a heavier duty set could be used. I want to say @fisherman951 was involved?

Sway bars are good for adding some stability to the truck.

With your truck being a 2020, have you added a transmission cooler?
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not I lol

GODZILLA · Dec 6, 2021

fisherman951 said: ↑

not I lol
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Dammit. It was a couple people over there in Cali. Cannot for the life of me remember though.

2mchfun · Dec 6, 2021

Fwiw, factory tires on travel trailers are often garbage, and as with the truck stiffer sidewalls help with stability.

APalmTree · Dec 6, 2021

AzureNightmare said: ↑

This is mostly what I've gleaned from my years browsing and reading on the forum here. This is not first hand info.

I know you can get add a leaf stuff like ColoradoTJ had on his, but he said it sucked, so...

Others use Sumo Springs or some other kind of helper spring. I've not seen anyone be particularly unhappy with them, but some have raised concerns that you are pinpointing the weight and possibly leveraging on components in the suspension.

Airbags are popular, but they can cause setting issued when used with a WDH. Same potential for leveraging on the suspension as Sumos.

The Roadmaster Active Suspension gets suggested a lot, but I've not seen a ton of documentation on results. @2mchfun has them, I think.

IIRC, some especially ambitious members out in California actually put in wider leaf spring mounts so a heavier duty set could be used. I want to say @fisherman951 was involved?

Sway bars are good for adding some stability to the truck.

With your truck being a 2020, have you added a transmission cooler?
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AzureNightmare said: ↑

Dammit. It was a couple people over there in Cali. Cannot for the life of me remember though.
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I want to say that that was @papasmurf, maybe, but definitely one of the BASTRDS crew out there.

shawn474 · Dec 6, 2021

Not saying you can’t - you can certainly do what you want. BUT if you got in any kind of accident towing a trailer of that size knowing it exceeded the advertised capabilities of the truck, a lawyer would have a field day with that. That’s a risk I would choose not to take……

papasmurf · Dec 7, 2021

APalmTree said: ↑

I want to say that that was @papasmurf, maybe, but definitely one of the BASTRDS crew out there.
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you are correct it was me and a few of the bastrds as well and @osidepunker too he did it first but it had nothing to do with towing

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