Headlesschickens wrote:
I read somewhere not to travel cross country with just a travel trailer as they are harder to tow because of sway. What is yalls take on that? That would be the cheapest option I think if I found one I could tow. But I don't want it to be unsafe. I don't know exactly what my truck can do. It's an 06 Ram 1500 Hemi crew cab w tow package. My husband suggested yesterday that perhaps we should sell the house first so we know what funds we will have. I've debated this before but never said anything because we would have to stay with my mother until we left and I didn't think he would want to.
well, hundreds of thousands of people are pulling travel trailers with no problems.
sway happens when the owner doesn't have a WDH with anti-sway or when improperly loaded.
with a properly equipped tow vehicle and a properly loaded trailer, sway shouldn't be an issue.
i've been pulling travel trailers for 12 years now and never had any sway issues.
but i have had tow vehicles easily capable of towing my trailers, along with an Equal-i-zer WDH with integrated sway control. i also have proper amount of tongue weight.
if you want to consider a trailer, post your truck's specs, especially the payload capacity from the driver's door yellow/white sticker.
it says "Occupants and cargo should not exceed xxxxlbs."
