2019 Wolf Pup F16FQ mods and fixes
Hello all
So we bought our first new RV in September 2018
We are getting older and didn’t want to climb up into the camper overhead anymore. We looked around and saw the wolf pup f16 FQ and loved the layout, it’s just the wife and I so it fits us perfect.
We picked it up late in the day with my truck, a 2017 Sierra 1500 full size.I did buy a wd hitch but didn’t have time to put it on. Didn’t think it was a big deal since it only weighs about 3200lbs dry. Well was I wrong!!!
It wiggled all the way home.
I put on the wd hitch and adjusted it to the specifications and we left loaded up,
Tanks emptied food and clothes.
We live near Vancouver BC headed south to the Grand Canyon.
The WD hitch helped but it wiggled all the way there and back.
Had to keep the speed to 55mph getting up to 65 with no semi around and no wind but was not a relaxing drive when it’s swaying back and forth.
The past few months have been taking it to different places to see if they had any ideas and looking online.
I was under it looking at the axle and noticed the spring hangers weren’t straight and had a lot of play in them.This would cause the part of the swaying
I went around looking at a lot of other single axle trailers and they all look the same, maybe not as bad.
So I took it to a axle shop and he could believe they manufactured it like that and that it was only a 3500lbs axle.
Tires are another part of the problem. Where the tire meets the rim, rubber was pealing and balling up from being overloaded.
He sold me 2500lbs springs to replace the 1750lbs and new rear spring mount with bushings, since the u shaped that is welded on has no bushing in it had already started to oval out.
I was a welder and fabricator so it wouldn’t be a big deal for me to replace it.
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