Severe sway
Hi everyone yesterday my wife and I took the plunge and purchased an older WW Toy Hauler. We loaded up our Rhino in the back and hit the road for home, it was an 80 mile trip mostly interstate. As soo...
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JS2500hd,
Congratulations on your purchase and I hope we can help you to get squared away so every trip is an enjoyable one. Let me start by providing you what I consider some factual information. Then I’ll give a personal comment.
First, this site is a great place to come for specific information and to receive member comments. Just beware that sometimes our members inter-mix personal opinions with factual information. The classics are the make, model, rating, and wheelbase of your tow vehicle. At times it seems that some people state you can tow a 38’ 5th wheel with your Toyota Tacoma, then others will say you need a 2 ½ ton vehicle to tow a teardrop trailer. You get to sort these replies for yourself.
There are few places where you can find the experience and background of some of our members.
So now let us tackle you’re your question. You have plenty of truck for your trailer. I have a 2006 FSC2800 and a ¾ ton 4X4 tow vehicle of another brand. We routinely carry two full dressed 1600 cc street bikes (should be near your Rhinos weight). We have towed over 20,000 miles having crossed this great land several times.
I’m looking at the WW sales Boucher that came with my unit. I can’t find an FS2500 but do see a FS2600. Axle wt. 5370, hitch wt. 1080, GVWR11,100, and payload 4650. The distance from the back door to the 1st cabinet is 12’. Now we all know these are not the numbers that reflect the real world or your specific trailer. I simply provide them for your knowledge of what WW said in public.
You don’t state if you have a WD hitch or sway control bars. These two improvements will reduce your sway to near nothing or simply bring it down where you can control it using your towing speed. Remember sway will never go away completely or never happen. Winds and passing big rigs will always be part of towing on shared roads.
Now to a comment (& you can quit reading if you like). Having 30 years in law enforcement, another 12 as a certified paramedic, and serving as the Assistant Chief Deputy Coroner I speak from real world experience. I see a lot of TH’s and trailers, in general, being towed at 70-75mph. I also read on this site where people regularly complain about cheap tires exploding and failing. I often wonder how many of those were above 65mph.
I’ve also learned that we all make mistakes but some people just don’t learn and follow the lessons of those before us.
Your correct, stay at 65mph or below as your equipment dictates.
Hap
Towing is not a race - its to get away. Ride and Race your toys not your towing equipment.
Congratulations on your purchase and I hope we can help you to get squared away so every trip is an enjoyable one. Let me start by providing you what I consider some factual information. Then I’ll give a personal comment.
First, this site is a great place to come for specific information and to receive member comments. Just beware that sometimes our members inter-mix personal opinions with factual information. The classics are the make, model, rating, and wheelbase of your tow vehicle. At times it seems that some people state you can tow a 38’ 5th wheel with your Toyota Tacoma, then others will say you need a 2 ½ ton vehicle to tow a teardrop trailer. You get to sort these replies for yourself.
There are few places where you can find the experience and background of some of our members.
So now let us tackle you’re your question. You have plenty of truck for your trailer. I have a 2006 FSC2800 and a ¾ ton 4X4 tow vehicle of another brand. We routinely carry two full dressed 1600 cc street bikes (should be near your Rhinos weight). We have towed over 20,000 miles having crossed this great land several times.
I’m looking at the WW sales Boucher that came with my unit. I can’t find an FS2500 but do see a FS2600. Axle wt. 5370, hitch wt. 1080, GVWR11,100, and payload 4650. The distance from the back door to the 1st cabinet is 12’. Now we all know these are not the numbers that reflect the real world or your specific trailer. I simply provide them for your knowledge of what WW said in public.
You don’t state if you have a WD hitch or sway control bars. These two improvements will reduce your sway to near nothing or simply bring it down where you can control it using your towing speed. Remember sway will never go away completely or never happen. Winds and passing big rigs will always be part of towing on shared roads.
Now to a comment (& you can quit reading if you like). Having 30 years in law enforcement, another 12 as a certified paramedic, and serving as the Assistant Chief Deputy Coroner I speak from real world experience. I see a lot of TH’s and trailers, in general, being towed at 70-75mph. I also read on this site where people regularly complain about cheap tires exploding and failing. I often wonder how many of those were above 65mph.
I’ve also learned that we all make mistakes but some people just don’t learn and follow the lessons of those before us.
Your correct, stay at 65mph or below as your equipment dictates.
Hap
Towing is not a race - its to get away. Ride and Race your toys not your towing equipment.
