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Nov 14, 2016Explorer II
See Grit Dog, that's where you have it completely wrong. Well, in my case anyway. Number one, my dealer didn't even know about the option until I told them. I researched it myself and XLR had just started offering it when I ordered. No on sold me on it as a requirement for safety. I found out about it, thought it was a decent idea, so I added it to my order. Number two, it's a 5th wheel. It has very little to no sway at all by design. That is why folks like 5vers over TTs. Tractor trailers, wind, groves in the pavement, etc. have zero effect on my setup. I had an 16' enclosed aluminum sled trailer that got a lot more squirly from that type of input. However, no setup in the world is immune to a crazy situation like I experienced this summer. As I said, it's rare and you'll likely never need it. However, I am gad I had it. So, in the end, it would appear we're talking about two totally different things. Your talking about traditional sway. They type that sway bars on a TT are designed to mitigate. Of course, I don't have any of that at all. It's a fifth wheel. I'm talking about sway caused by a random and rare driving event that could hit anything from a popup to a tractor trailer. However, for some reason you can't seem to accept that that type of situation can be helped or controlled by a fancy dancy, bling, wasteful, hardly ever needed, crazy snake oil tech option. I've owned 4 RVs in the last 8 years. Stared with a 28' TT then a 36' TT, then a 40' 5th, and now my 44.5' monster. It's also 8.5' wide, 13'4" tall, and does indeed approach 20k fully loaded. In about 40k miles towing these 4 RV's (none of them small or light) I've only really felt this system would/could have helped once. (Yes, it's kicked in other times but nothing my ego/driving skill couldn't have straightened out.) So, no, it's not a "requirement." But since it was such a relatively cheap option that could be factory installed, I figured why not. The difference between it and other options like a third TV or or blue LED accent lighting is that those are indeed bling. No one knows this one is there except me and on the way to Myrtle Beach this summer, I really knew it was there. I also am not on here to brag about it as implied by Hannibal above. I didn't start this thread. I answered it when the OP asked about folks with experience with an electronic sway control system.
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