Sway Control - Who Saved the Day?
Hello, folks. Been an RV'er for a little over two years, and had an experience about seven months ago that prompted me to join this forum just to get your thoughts on it. I grew up towing EVERYTHING...
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BurbMan wrote:
Question: did you buy your trailer new or used? The reason I ask is that if used, the previous owner may have had an electronic sway control installed. These are motion-sensing gyro devices that will activate the trailer brakes when a sway condition is detected.
Link to Dexter Sway control
Link to Hayes Electronic Sway Control
If you felt like the trailer braes activated, they very well may have. The groaning you heard would have been weight distributing hitch straightening out suddenly in response to the trailer brakes coming on.
If you bought the rig used, the previous owner may have had one of these installed and that info wasn't passed along as part of the resale to you.
Interesting. I bought it used from a dealer. The trailer is at a storage lot, but I’ll make a trip out there and look around.
