Tear drop travel trailers, do they sway?
I owned a 28' rear kitchen travel trailer that liked to sway (even with sway bars). I then moved to a 32' fifth wheel that has spoiled me and tows like a dream (this is my current rig). I'm considerin...
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troubledwaters wrote:svt440 wrote:Your 5th wheel has at least 20% pin weight and probably more. Put 20% tongue weight on a TT and you can tow it at any speed you want. Your problem always was not enough tongue weight. You proved it by adding sand bags.
... That being said I still dont know that I would have taken it 70mph on the freeway, and I wouldn't bat an eye doing that with my fifth wheel...
My TT has a huge pass through storage area in front fully loaded. Tongue weight is well north of 15%. I regularly tow it with out sway control (I keep forgetting to hook it up) and have zero issues.
Oh gawd no! Don't you know it's against the rvnet towing statutes to hook up a TT without hooking up sway control before the light me are even plugged in or beer loaded in the camper for the weekend? It's a requirement man!!
