Towing cattle trailer problems

[Stej12]

Does anyone know why my land rover defender 90 snakes and wobbles all over the road when towing ifor williams cattle trailer with 4 bullocks in I can’t travel any faster than 30mph

 

[JP1]

Does anyone know why my land rover defender 90 snakes and wobbles all over the road when towing ifor williams cattle trailer with 4 bullocks in I can’t travel any faster than 30mph

Weight too far to the back?

Hitch height?

Tyres under inflated?

You're an engineer so I'm sure you've taken these in to account

How long is the trailer? How much room do they have ?

 

[Stej12]

Trailer was full so no partition tyres were fine maybe the hitch height isn’t right what should it be?

 

[Tsa115]

Ours would do exactly that on an ifor tri axle, usually one tyre had lost its shape. Ran them on 100 psi. Moved onto the wheel outside now.

 

[RmfJ]

Trailer was full so no partition tyres were fine maybe the hitch height isn’t right what should it be?

The trailer should run level

 

[Stej12]

It’s level when empty

 

[HarryB97]

Short wheelbase landrover on offroad tyres at quite a low pressure with plenty of flex in them? Do you have an adjustable height hitch on the back? Is the rear suspension squatting much under the weight? (may need new or uprated springs) My disco 4 can be bad for being pushed around and that's on road tyres with air suspension and a lot more weight than a defender but 50mph is normally comfortable.

 

[Stej12]

Yeah it sits down a lot with weight on

 

[davidroberts30]

Dp trailer tyres need 95psi
May need the partition if the beasts move to the rear and make the hitch light it unsettles the tow vehicle

 

[Wesley]

Done it once without a partition coz my father insisted “they won’t move because its full”, never again. They can move & even had to put the truck into 4wd to pull away on slightly uphill junctions a couple of times.

 

[Timbo]

Yeah it sits down a lot with weight on

Nose weight sounds like its way too high or ya springs are tired, or the trailer isnt set up right

 

[Sharpy]

When loaded your trailer should sit an inch higher at the front than the rear. Adjust your hitch height to suit, if its ridiculously high empty sort out the landy springs.

 

[zero]

Ours developed an unnerving weave when towing so we put some new bushes on the rods that connect the rear axle to the chassis. Bit extra wind in landy tyres also helped as well as running the trailer front tyres 2psi less than the rear tyres.

 

[essexpete]

Hitch height check and also the nose weight of loaded trailer(difficult if cattle moving).