Originally Posted by
dzrthauler
The rubber band feeling is from the inertia on the draw bar to the bike... I get kicked in my rig when the weight is heavy in the front of the trailer... it has nothing to do with the frame, tires whatever... physical laws are in effect. Although you can reduce your perception of the feeling by starting out slowly and smoothly and slowing down gradually - I am constantly running the Jakes in my truck to keep everything smooth. Just my take on the situation.
I think all of us trailer nuts
have suffered the rubber band feeling at one time or another when hauling heavy loads. I noticed it the other week when I hauled off a busted tv down to the recycle center. When it first happened I thought that there was something wrong with my trailer setup
A somewhat similar effect also happens with mono wheeled trailers when carrying heavy loads. The first time I had a heavy load of shopping on my mono trailer I though ooh! ooh! im going to crash. The feeling can only be discribed as akin to when you used to give your mate a piggyback ride on the back of your bike on the way home from school.... Remember that wobbly feeling? ...or was I just drunk
I think if we carried heavy loads in out trailers at ALL times we would eventually get acustom to the rubber band/wobbly feelings, but as our trailers are never full at all times, its a feeling we will have to put up with.
Regards
Tom