sway bars
As you can tell by my username I'm new to the RV world, just picked up our trailer yesterday not knowing anything about towing a trailer this size down the road and it was a white knuckle ride to say ...
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andrew_the_newbe wrote:
Sorry, should have been more specific. I bought my trailer through private party. The seller mentioned sway bars as I was pulling out of the driveway but made it sound like it wasn't necessary. And my Tahoe is rated to pull 7100 lbs and the trailer weighed down is 6400. Does the Tow package on my vehicle not apply to this? Again, if I'm asking stupid questions I apologize, still brand new to this.
no such thing as a stupid question. Tow package or not, heavier trailers require a properly set up weight distributing hitch. If your trailer weighs 6400lbs you have in the range of 700-1000lbs on the tongue. The hitch on your tahoe is likely NOT rated to take that high a hitch weight without a Weight distributing hitch. And without a weight distributing hitch you remove a great deal of weight from the front end of the tow vehicle raising the front end causing camber to change on the tires and often resulting in a scary ride.
BTW, first get the system setup so there is NO sway without any sway control. You want the combo to be stable without sway control and then use sway control as a safety factor.. Don't use sway control to cover up a swaying combination.
