I pull my 26 Foot Tango bumper pull trailer with my Chev 3/5 Diesel with two quads on the deck. Because of tight clearance between the deck and the trailer when turning (Deck hits the trailer). To solved this I bought a new equalizer hitch that has my hitch ball situated about 10" further back of where it previously was. This has solved my clearance issues enough for it to be manageable but now I'm finding that my truck is having a hard time pulling the rig. I used to be able to cruise down the highway at 120 with no problems now even without the quads on the deck I have a hell of a time holding 110 without having my tranny temp climb steadily. I've attached a picture of my setup with the OLD shorter shank on the hitch so you can picture the gap with the new hitch. It has to be some kind of vortex of air swirling between the trailer and the truck creating this new drag but I don't have any ideas to prevent this from happening except only hauling one quad on the deck which is not really an option.
I'd appreciate anyone's input or experiences.
I'd appreciate anyone's input or experiences.