mesa ridge 320res sway issues

Did you try turning on the trucks sway control, Fords have it, it activates the trailer breaks when it detects swaying to keep it strait.

My thought is first you need a better hitch. Single friction bar will not do.
Secondly weigh the entire rig to ensure you are properly balance within your tow ratings. What is your tongue weight?

I failed to mention that my rv is a 35ft travel trailer and dry weight is 7500lbs. Tongue weight is 900lbs.

I would suggest reading your hitch setup instructions and set the whole thing up yourself. Dealers are not the best spot for a trustworthy intial setup.....in my experience.

The benefit is, you get to know your rig a whole lot better and know it's been done RIGHT.

All the best,

Mike

kamperkomic wrote:
I failed to mention that my rv is a 35ft travel trailer and dry weight is 7500lbs. Tongue weight is 900lbs.

Are those numbers actually measured or are they from a brochure?

kamperkomic wrote:
I just recently bought a 2014 mesa ridge 320res, and a 2013 ford f250. The rv dealer installed an ezlift wd hitch rated to 10,000lbs and one sway bar. I'm still experiencing more sway than I'm used to. Is there anything that I can do to improve on the situation, or is it something I am going to have to live with?

until you get a scaled measurement of the TW it is always going to be a guess. Guessing is not for me.

I suspect you may have too light a TW. Weigh it then load up the front of the trailer to maintain 15%

I think you need a 1200-1400 pound WD bars. As long as you are changing, you should use a better WDH too with integrated sway control. But $50 for a second friction sway bar and $15 at a CAT scale will help understand how well the WDH is adjusted and how much TW you have.

I had the same problem, A hensley will make it pull like a 5er. Straight as an arrow. good luck

If it is set up properly; weight, balance, attitude, it should not sway. Get that right and then spend a few thousand dollars on a hitch if that is what you enjoy doing. You should not need an expensive hitch if all ratings, weights, and measurements are good. Scales and a tape measure will provide more and better information than anything.

Invest in a second $50 sway bar and weight the trailer to make sure your weight-transfer bars are adequate.

If your hitch weight is too much for the weight-transfer bars, tell your dealer and have him exchange heavier bars which should have been there in the first place.

In fact, he should also give you the second sway bar as the second bar is specified by the hitch maker for trailers over 25 feet, which the dealer should know as it's a well known fact. If he disagrees, ask him to look it up. He's probably liable in the case of a sway-related accident for not providing this in the first place.