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Nixie

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  1. We "may" have found the cause of the harmonic bounce issue. Supposedly, our air ride shocks in the back are bad. This is according to a visual inspection when I had the tires replaced last week. They said my shocks looked "corroded". (Well duh I live in Indiana; a winter time salt lovin' state).  What they did not do is actually have the car on when it was jacked up to see if the actual bags were leaking or if the compresser was constantly running as it would be if there was a leak. If they are blown, it makes total sense why we were having problems. I am taking the vehicle to another shop for a second opinion before I spend all the money to have those shocks replaced.

  2. We are really considering heading down to Fort Wilderness in April. This will be our 2nd trip to Disney, but first trip camping at Fort Wilderness. If we bring our own camper (we have considered renting, but that is a whole nother post for another thread), it is 22ft long that expands to 27ft long due to a rear slide. It does not have a slide on the side, but I would like to use our awning. We will not have our own golf cart, but would consider renting one if need be. I personally like more shaded sites that are further away from your neighbors. We have 4 kiddos, and they need some space to "be kids". I would love to be walking distance from the marina and stuff, but if we can just drive a golf cart up there and park it, I guess it wouldn't be necessary. What loop or site level would you choose for our family? 

  3. We just recently purchased a Keystone Outback 21rs. Dry weight of this camper is 4,500ish. GVWR of the camper is 6500. It is 22ft long closed up.  We are currently towing it with a GMC Yukon that has a tow capacity of 7,600, GCVWR of 13,000, GVWR is 6,900 .We did take the camper to the CAT scales before our first journey. The whole rig weighed in at 12,300. Our car weighed in at 6,300. The Camper 5,700. Everything came in under what it should, but it is close. My first question: Is that to close??

     

    We had a little problem on the drive. The camper wasn't swaying. But we were having a problem with what I guess is called "harmonic bounce". It only happened on a few highways in Michigan. The Yukon would go over some spots and would start bouncing and then camper would start doing it. We couldn't get it to stop unless we sped up a little bit or pumped the trailer brakes. My second question: Is this normal? What can we do to prevent this from happening again? We do have the Equalizer WDH with the 1000 bars. 

     

    The only reason why I am asking all of these is we are really considering towing our camper to Disney in April. We live in Indiana. It would be a 17+ hour journey. We would have to go through all the hills in KY and TN. My third question: Do you think the Yukon will be able to handle that? 

     

    Thanks in advance for all your help!! 

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