WD If Delivering Trailers

They would also be dry so they would wt less ?

blt2ski wrote:
Reality is, if you get the correct hitch, you do not "NEED" WD to tow a trailer. Nor "SHOULD" you need to have anti sway bars. Now with that said.......it might be nice to have the above bars on a trailer that you tow, but not mandatory from a state law/code reason. RV.NET weight police not with standing.

One should use or may need a WD "IF" you sink the rear end enough that you overload the RA by taking too much off the FA, and/or you remove so much wt off the FA, that steering, FEA is not working correctly. THEN, having a WD is a good thing to put the wt back on to the FA< such that you have proper steering/braking etc on the FA. Many of the pro towers, use heavier suspension trucks, such that a 600-1000 lbs hitch wt will not remove enough wt off the FA to warrant the use of a WD system.

Antisway bars should be used as an absolute last resort. Reality is, you should be able to tow any given trailer with out fishtail sway in ANY condition! One should add an AS system as a safety issue. If you add an AS to stop uncontrolled fishtail sway, if a bar breaks, comes lose in route, or someone steals them, you're SOL on the spot! So best to make sure the trailer you tow is balanced such that it will not sway in an uncontrolled side to side motion. Many ways to do this if load balance does not work. If a trailer sways from the factory, most pro's will return the trailer and tell the factory to fix the alignment or equal so it will not sway.

Marty

Well said.
I haul commercially and dont carry a WDH. Rear suspension and hitch on truck has been upgrade to handle the tongue weights of the trailers I pull. Have proper tires for towing makes a huge difference when pulling. A stiff sidewall and solid rubber on the ground a key. I think most confuse sidewall flex on the rear axel on the truck, with a light steering axel and sway.

After delivery, the dealers must do something to them to make them sway and bounce, or else why do we see so many people on here asking about fancy hitches, suspension upgrades, etc.?

My annual trip to Toledo OH coincides with the great spring migration of RV trailers from Elkhart IN to RV dealers in the Northeast USA.

I pass literally hundreds of RV transporters on I80 and I90 going East as I head West. They are obvious because they have little magnetic signs on the doors declaring their professional hauling status.

Virtually none are using WD hitches. Only the larger >10,000lb models seem to be towed with WD hitches.

Generally they are towed by dually pickups. The trailers are towed with a nose-down stance, much more than you would normally tow at.

WyoTraveler wrote:
Most of the TTs I've seen enroute at gas stations on the hwy don't use WD. However they are commercial drivers with much more experience than the average RVer towing 2 or 3 times a year. They usually have 1 ton PUs, some with duallies. You don't see them towing a 10'000 pound TT with a 3, 000 pound compact vehicle

How do you come up with the average RV'er only tows 2-3 times a year? Maybe we need a poll on how often people tow their RV's.

Most I see delivering are 1 ton dually Dodges/Ram trucks with no WD. Most are well under their tow rating. IMO you only need WD for weight transfer. Problem is hardly anyone tows a TT with a dually truck and most people buy the smallest truck and largest TT. All that does is make things difficult.

A majority of the ones that I have seen don't have WD. Some of the smaller trailers they have loaded on a lowboy style trailer so they can move two or three at a time.

The delivery guys own there own WD hitch. so when they need it they just clamp snap up brackets to the trailers frame and hookup the WD bars. I can`t see why they would drill holes to mount one for delivery and the dealers definitely wouldn`t be happy with holes in a brand new trailer frame and neither would a potential customer. yes quite a few of the delivery guys are not using WD with the lighter trailers, however being professionals they should also know when they need it.

Most of the TTs I've seen enroute at gas stations on the hwy don't use WD. However they are commercial drivers with much more experience than the average RVer towing 2 or 3 times a year. They usually have 1 ton PUs, some with duallies. You don't see them towing a 10'000 pound TT with a 3, 000 pound compact vehicle

WD, WDH, RA, FA, FEA, TT, wt, FA<, AS, SOL, :@:E