Mush ride x17z. Check my Scale numbers
Hello all!
Can you check the numbers please…..
Little history…..For about 1.5 years we have had our x17z pulled by our Borrego which is a RWD truck frame mid size suv, 5k towing capacity. Seven years prior to that it was a large coleman popup with of course no problems. Currently the TV has 110k and I just replaced the rear shocks last fall (didn't notice a difference, just age). Also towing with ‘P’ tires rated at 44psi and a Husky centerline TS WDH. Plenty of power!
On occasion we get a bit of a ‘mushy’ ride, mostly on the highway. Kind of a floaty feeling. Not white knuckle but not comfortable either. We have traveled on some state roads close to 60mph and don’t get this, at least I don’t remember it. It was real evident when we had an extra kid and brought the 60lbs dog last week. Dog was in the 3rd row, behind the axle. We were over our payload capacity , didn’t even think about it until we hit the road, duh. Am usually the one that says "put that back, it weighs too much". We normally have nothing past the 2nd row except the chocks. Anyway, we did the cat scales last summer and weighed the tongue yesterday (couldn’t do it at the scales at the time)
Cat scale numbers ready to camp.
TV: Steer: 2660
Drive: 2520
Gross: 5180
GVWR= 5842, Rear 3638, front 2866.
With camper and WDH engaged:
Steer: 2600
Drive: 3020
Trailer: 2920
Gross: 8540
When the bars are engaged the front wheel well returns to about 1/2 inch difference.
So if my math is right, 3360 lbs is what the X17z weighs. When we did the tongue weight from the bathroom scale method we initially got a 541 lbs weight (WOW), so 41 bs over our max. Even with shifting bags to the rear of the camper and removing camping chairs from the front storage we were still over by 17 lbs. So we are right at the edge of our 1157 payload, eaten up by the 517 tongue and about 550 with the four of us. Correct?
Is this our mushy ride?? Adjustment on the WDH? Remove the 30lbs tank for a 20 pounder? Air bag helpers? New TV not in the cards now so just want to get rid of this mush, float ....if possible. Thanks for any advice you can give.
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