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ScottG
Apr 03, 2015Nomad
Ductape wrote:
The sway control does not know or care whether your rig is going forward or backward.
Most sway controls do have less range of motion than the trailer ball to coupler connection. If you jacknife the rig while reversing it's possible to damage the SC by over extension or compression.
Back up all you want to, just don't make any excessively tight turns in reverse without removing it.
All very true.
Any angle you can safely achieve going forward, you can do the same backward.
Some hitches have a disclaimer against backing because people are much more inclined to jack-knife reversing than turn too tightly going forward.
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