Anti sway question.

MitchF150 wrote:
No... You need a physical WD hitch setup if you plan on towing a #4500 TT with even a 2022 Ranger.. The built in sway control is only when you are totally out of control and if your truck ever gets into that mode, you are not doing well...

What makes a wdh an absolute need in this scenario? Asking for a friend...
And no "you must replace the lost weight on the front wheels to maintain proper steering handling and braking, which we hear all the time on this forum. Care to guess how much weight a, say 700lb tongue weight takes off the front of a truck? Let's just say not enough to matter and certainly less than any other number of factors that could affect handling or braking.

And how/why is the built in sway control only for when you're totally out of control? That doesn't make sense in the least. Or is this just a "don't trust the fancy new technology to work" thing? If so, I agree with that, but moreso, "learn to trust yourself and posses enough driving skills" to not need nannies that many times are just substitutes for basic driving skill and common sense.

I was thinking about the weight cops here, this week when I had a loaner Chevy Colorado and towed a trailer cross state. Around 4-5000lbs. Truck was wound up and pretty poochy up the passes trying to maintain speed limit. It failed there. Well, it got a D+, but only for it's effort!
Trailer towed like poop. Felt like it needed sway control, lol. Then I looked at the tire pressures on the truck and after I added about 15psi to the rear tires, she towed like she was on rails. (Had to let that same 15psi back out + some last night in the snow on the half wore out pavement princess tires it has, lol)

PS, just trying to not scare the RV spirit out of the new guy who is on the cusp of being told that's too much trailer for his brand spankin new Ranger, when it is not.