We picked up our trailer yesterday from the shed where we store it when not in use,a few miles away from our home.This was the first time we've pulled it other than when we picked it up after having the lift kit installed on it,and some minor stuff done.

My husband was driving and I was in another vehicle.He tells me that the trailer almost feels as if it is "pushing" him somewhat.The trailer brakes work fine,and nothing has changed other than airing up all tires to the maxium recommended inflation load.We did not notice this after picking it up and driving quiet a distance to bring it home.

Could it be that it needs to be leveled some? Or any ideas on what could be causing it? He said he's never noticed it before now,and we did not have any horses in it.So,I'm wondering how it might feel when we are LOADED?

 Ya got some rust on the brake drums and magnets. Those cast iron drums do some serious sweating during the winter months. Take notice of your brake rotors on your truck in the morning after a shower of rain overnight, they will have a haze of rust by the next morning. Those trailer drums and magnets will do the same thing. Imagine how bad they become over 3-5 months sitting up. I try to pull every trailer I own at leat once a month to keep every thing clean and to keep a film of grease on the bearings (they are sweating and collecting water also). Pull it a few miles and every once in a while reach down and apply the manual trailer brakes (little slider deal on the brake box), this will help wipe the rust off and reseat the shoes and magnets.

AND, when all else fails......Whack it with your hammer!!!

So,even sitting up in an enclosed shed,it will cause the brake drums to rust? And just going down the highway driving at normal speed will cause it to feel like it is jumping and pushing? That is the way he described it to me. We will try those suggestions.

Yes they will rust sitting there.  No it will not have any effect just running down the highway, until the brakes are applied.  I suspect youll just have to get used to the "lift kit" you had installed.

CRG, in your first post, you didn't say anything about it...jumping, just pushing. If it's jumping then you may have something else wrong. You may have one wheel grabbing more than the others. I would still pull it around empty a few miles to see if it heals itself up.

Yes, things will rust in an enclosed shed, less if it's climate controlled. I got one old flatbed (it hauls all the fertilizer) that takes a while for the brakes to "warm up" if it's been sitting a couple weeks. We live up a long path back up in the field so I just keep tapping the brakes on the way out to the road. By the time I'm to the Hiway it will drag all four tires.

I'm beginning to wonder if it's not this: the trailer was sitting up from Dec.until now,and maybe those radials flattened out somewhat.Then we pull it out,and air up the tires to max pressure,so,on the way over here,it probably did feel like it was doing something weird.next time,we are going to make a run of about 10 miles one way and back with it to see if it will help matters with tires and brakes both.That's what happens when you have something like that,and you don't get to use it much!

Talk about bouncing,our 3H BP steel stock trailer jars our teeth out when we pull it empty,and almost does loaded,too!