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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taken, I'm not excited over your decision, and probably should have said it up front, you have a ridiculously nice setup that anyone should be proud of.
I used your setup as an example because you posted here and have about the biggest 5ver/smallest pickup combo, as I'm figuring that trailer, loaded with toys, water, fuel, supplies for a week, etc could be near 20klbs.
I can also appreciate your use of the system when it was truly needed.
What I'm questioning is the seemingly no questions asked need for various sway control systems with about every pull behind rv larger than a pop up.
Given the proliferation of theses systems seems to be almost mutually exclusive to RV trailers and no others, I can't help but surmise that this phenomenon gets started most times at a rv dealer ship with someone coming in and buying a trailer bigger then they've ever towed before, and telling the sales man "set me up with everything I need to pull my new castle on wheels" and they leave with everything they need and some things they don't.
Then while motoring down the hiway, everytime a semi blasts them and shoves the trailer, or it gets a little wiggle in some pavement grooves, or a little to quick jerk on the steering wheel make the trailer wave back and let you know it's there, the driver thinks, "OMG, my trailer's swaying! I need something to pin the thing to the back of my truck like its welded on."
I used your setup as an example because you posted here and have about the biggest 5ver/smallest pickup combo, as I'm figuring that trailer, loaded with toys, water, fuel, supplies for a week, etc could be near 20klbs.
I can also appreciate your use of the system when it was truly needed.
What I'm questioning is the seemingly no questions asked need for various sway control systems with about every pull behind rv larger than a pop up.
Given the proliferation of theses systems seems to be almost mutually exclusive to RV trailers and no others, I can't help but surmise that this phenomenon gets started most times at a rv dealer ship with someone coming in and buying a trailer bigger then they've ever towed before, and telling the sales man "set me up with everything I need to pull my new castle on wheels" and they leave with everything they need and some things they don't.
Then while motoring down the hiway, everytime a semi blasts them and shoves the trailer, or it gets a little wiggle in some pavement grooves, or a little to quick jerk on the steering wheel make the trailer wave back and let you know it's there, the driver thinks, "OMG, my trailer's swaying! I need something to pin the thing to the back of my truck like its welded on."
