Do I need an anti-sway setup too?
Hi, I'm an extreme newbie here and feel like this has got to be a stupid question but here goes; I just bought a KZ Sportsman 291RKLE which is about 33' and has a loaded weight of about 8000 lbs. I'm...
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KD4UPL wrote:
An 8,000 pound boat or flatbed trailer with equipment on it would tow probably tow much easier than a 7,000 pound travel trailer.
Travel trailers have everything working against good towing: huge frontal area to cause aerodynamic drag, huge side area to catch wind and cause sway, high percentage of tongue weight, very limited ability to move weight around on the trailer.
A friend used to pull a 29' twin V8 boat all over the place with a Chevy Astro van. The thing had to weigh 8000 lb with the trailer, and the Astro pulled it like a champ. A TT that size would have killed the V6 Astro.
