Towing 3800lbs - Should I purchase airbags?

[Rhy86]

I will be towing a 3800lb all aluminum snowmobile trailer. The trailer has 2 sleds in it. Total length is 18 ft and 7 wide.

Would anyone recommend me installing airbags? I cant use a WDH on this trailer.

My plan is to use a WDH with my smaller all steel trailer for my SXS in the Spring.

Just wondering if its worth the $2000 tag for the airlift 5000 kit, with onboard compressor.

 

[John813]

I just towed 3k this weekend.
Had the weight right over the trailer axles. Barely any sag.

 

[Mad Zeus]

I’ll second the no as long as your tongue wieght is correct and trailer is mechanically sound .

 

[Nex]

Year of truck, miles and brand of rear springs? And weight in the bed while towing?

 

[Badgertits]

def don’t need that. Is it a double axle trailer? That helps w/ tongue weight- but I tow a double Waverunner trailer regularly in summer (& on an 1800 mile round trip 1x a year), suspension bone stock. It’s a single axle trailer so tongue weight is lil heavier than it needs to be but the bulk of the weight in the waverunners is from center mass backward. Here’s a pic of the truck absolutely overloaded lol- 2x80 lbs Dobermans, me/wife/kids 450 lbs, probably 600 lbs cargo & then the trailer which is around 3k lbs w/ just the waverunners/fuel/gear but as you can see also have a kayak resting in between loaded up w/ athletic gear & also literally have dumbbells in the storage compartments of the waverunners I think like 60 lbs in one & 50 in the other (we stay on an island need plenty of shit to do!) - that’s a “worst case scenario” for reference, I’m at 81k miles now when unladen still some rake but the leafs are def worn as are all 4 shocks will be getting replaced in a couple weeks. FWIW…I am going w/ deaver +3HD in rear DM & I’ll tell you what I think by comparison after.

 

[pastorwug]

Tongue weight really is the key.
Definitely do not want the majority of there weight of the trailer behind the tires on the trailer, no matter how many axles your trailer has.

I've been towing a 19ft Airstream for years and it handles and performs flawlessly.