First long distance tow, questions
We took our travel trailer on our first long distance trip this past weekend. Did about 500 miles round trip. Kept the speeds at 60-65mph or lower depending on curves, so I would say for the first eve...
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The sway bar is FINE. Don't change your whole set up unless you just want to.
The push pull is not a product of sway control it is a product of wind and passing vehicles. Sway controls combat this. It looks like you are right about 25 ish feet which is about max for a single friction sway control. Adding a second sway bar will make your rig feel rock solid as far as the truck and the trailer are concerned.
What I recommend and what I try to achieve to get the truck and the trailer to feel like one unit when being passed or when the wind is blowing. Often when a vehicle passes you may feel the trailer get sucked towards the passing vehicle then the trailer is pushed, then the truck is pulled and pushed as the vehicle passes. What you want to feel is the suck/pull motion to be one solid feel between the truck and the trailer.
One friction control should do this if your trailer is under 25 ish feet. Over that length and you really can use two.
Some Porpousing is natural for a TT and a TV. You will get use to it. The WD hitch can help this affect.
Thanks!
The push pull is not a product of sway control it is a product of wind and passing vehicles. Sway controls combat this. It looks like you are right about 25 ish feet which is about max for a single friction sway control. Adding a second sway bar will make your rig feel rock solid as far as the truck and the trailer are concerned.
What I recommend and what I try to achieve to get the truck and the trailer to feel like one unit when being passed or when the wind is blowing. Often when a vehicle passes you may feel the trailer get sucked towards the passing vehicle then the trailer is pushed, then the truck is pulled and pushed as the vehicle passes. What you want to feel is the suck/pull motion to be one solid feel between the truck and the trailer.
One friction control should do this if your trailer is under 25 ish feet. Over that length and you really can use two.
Some Porpousing is natural for a TT and a TV. You will get use to it. The WD hitch can help this affect.
Thanks!
