Electronic sway control trailer option?
I noticed a trailer option on the Jayco site for electronic sway control. Is this some sort of sensor that monitors the trailer for sway, then applies some braking? Does it reduce the need for sway co...
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It wasn't Forest River that offered the Tuson Sway Control but rather the XLR line specifically. On the need thing, it isn't needed. It's just a nice option. Options aren't needed or they wouldn't be "options"... they'd be a "standard." My last hauler, a Heartland Road Warrior, didn't have any sway control like most and while I never felt any was "needed" I do notice now with the XLR that under some of the same circumstances, the XLR has much better manners even with it being a longer trailer with a lighter pin. The third axle likely helps in this regard too though.
By the by, it didn't sell very well as people didn't understand what it was all about so XLR dropped the option a couple months back.
Oh, and to address one other post above, they system is certainly not active 50% of the time LOL. Not sure where that came from but it's not even close. It may kick on one or two times over the course of a trip if at all. They rest of the time it's just monitoring and doing nothing. It takes a good deal of being out of line to engage. For example, going over a bridge with big expansion joints during a curve while passing a semi. Something that sucks the back end out after a good bounce. A situation like that isn't crash inducing, just takes a moment to recover. With sway control, before you could do anything to recover, the brakes are already pulsed on one side or the other to straighten you right back out and then its shut down again. Very seamless experience. So, the whole brake use/overheating and fuel usage thing is not the case whatsoever.
By the by, it didn't sell very well as people didn't understand what it was all about so XLR dropped the option a couple months back.
Oh, and to address one other post above, they system is certainly not active 50% of the time LOL. Not sure where that came from but it's not even close. It may kick on one or two times over the course of a trip if at all. They rest of the time it's just monitoring and doing nothing. It takes a good deal of being out of line to engage. For example, going over a bridge with big expansion joints during a curve while passing a semi. Something that sucks the back end out after a good bounce. A situation like that isn't crash inducing, just takes a moment to recover. With sway control, before you could do anything to recover, the brakes are already pulsed on one side or the other to straighten you right back out and then its shut down again. Very seamless experience. So, the whole brake use/overheating and fuel usage thing is not the case whatsoever.
