My dad thought he was a goner
My 72 YO dad, retired trucker, not afraid to tow anything, has a early to mid 2000 Cedar Creek, 26-28 ft long. When he bought it, he also got the "chain" type WDH. He has always hated it, doesn't elim...
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Please be aware that a WDH in itself is NOT and anti-sway device. All it does is distribute some of the trailer's tongue weight to the front axle of the truck and the axles of the trailer.
However, there are some WDH's that have built-in anti-sway designed into them. The brand Equi-l-zer and Reese Dual Cam are the most popular. The WDH that your father has, may or may not have anti-sway capabilities.
There are anti-sway devices that you can add to a standard WDH to help with the sway and depending upon the truck/trailer combination, will work fairly well.
As mentioned, a perfectly set up trailer will not sway even without an anti-sway device...so it sounds like your father's problem lies with the trailer or possibly the truck. Not knowing any weights of the truck's payload capacity or the tongue weight of the trailer, I can only surmise that the tongue weight of the trailer is too "light". Highly doubtful with that size of trailer.
When you say that he "hated" the previous chain type of WDH, did he also have trailer sway with it? Why did he hate it?
As mentioned, there are many factors that can contribute to trailer sway. If you can get us some weights of both truck and trailer, it would really help us to determine a more probable cause.
Ron
However, there are some WDH's that have built-in anti-sway designed into them. The brand Equi-l-zer and Reese Dual Cam are the most popular. The WDH that your father has, may or may not have anti-sway capabilities.
There are anti-sway devices that you can add to a standard WDH to help with the sway and depending upon the truck/trailer combination, will work fairly well.
As mentioned, a perfectly set up trailer will not sway even without an anti-sway device...so it sounds like your father's problem lies with the trailer or possibly the truck. Not knowing any weights of the truck's payload capacity or the tongue weight of the trailer, I can only surmise that the tongue weight of the trailer is too "light". Highly doubtful with that size of trailer.
When you say that he "hated" the previous chain type of WDH, did he also have trailer sway with it? Why did he hate it?
As mentioned, there are many factors that can contribute to trailer sway. If you can get us some weights of both truck and trailer, it would really help us to determine a more probable cause.
Ron
