shades9323 wrote:
Bobbo wrote:
ajriding wrote:
If your truck can adjust for payload automatically through airbags then that eliminates part of the reason to have WDH.
No, it doesn't. The purpose of a WDH is to put weight back on the front tires that has been removed by the trailer. Levelling the tow vehicle is just a cosmetic effect. The airbags that level the truck do absolutely nothing to put the weight back on the front tires. It is cosmetic only.
shades9323 wrote:
I already have the hitching system with built in sway control, so why not use it?
Because that is a reactive system that achieves its goal by braking the tow vehicle's wheels, and ONLY the tow vehicle's wheels. If that system activates, it is already too late.
You need a proactive sway control. Proactive sway control PREVENTS sway, it doesn't try to stop it after it starts.
The proper way to stop sway is to slightly SPEED UP while activating the TRAILER'S brakes with the brake controller's slide control. Note that activating the tow vehicle's brakes is not on that list. After activating the trailer's brakes, let off of the gas and let the TRAILER's brakes slow you down until the sway has stopped. Then, and ONLY THEN, do you use the tow vehicle's brakes.
I am slightly confused by your statement. Are you saying the equalizer hitch with built in sway control is not proactive?
No. I thought you were talking about a tow vehicle with "sway control" built in that fights sway by selectively activating the tow vehicle brakes. My F-150 has that. I was unclear that you were discussing a WDH with sway control.
