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Fireman02's avatar
Fireman02
Explorer
Jun 15, 2014

Equalizer w/ sway

I know these topics are beaten to death, so I apologize in advance. On our trip this week, our 2nd time camping, we got some sway. But on the way home it was pretty windy and we had A LOT of sway pretty much the whole time we were on the highway. It was enough that my wife was nervous. My truck was getting thrown around in my lane quite a bit. My question is this something I have to live with due to the length of our trailer (35+ feet), or is this something that I can adjust the equalizer to minimize?
Thanks
  • GaryWT's avatar
    GaryWT
    Explorer
    Jun 16, 2014
    Not sure what bolt you need to tighten on the equalizer hitch. Anyway, you might have to bring the L brackets up a hole to help out. Are the bars pararelle to the frame and is it adjusted correctly to bring the front of truck down. Do you have anything on the back bumper. How much weight is in the back of the truck. We use to have some sway when we had the 150 but with the 350 we have none to date.
  • MackinawMan's avatar
    MackinawMan
    Explorer
    Jun 15, 2014
    Fireman02 wrote:
    Equal-I-zer. We are pretty nose heavy as far as everything is loaded either in the bed of my truck or the front of the trailer. I didn't fill my fresh water tank this time which would help put a little more weight over the front of the trailer.



    If you're running the Equalizer brand hitch and getting "a lot of sway" something is not set up right with your hitch IMHO.

    Every time I've towed with it, save 1 time, it's performed very well, and that's many many trips.

    The one time it performed poorly was when I actually forgot to torque the sway arm bolts so I basically had no sway control and only the weight distribution.
  • Fireman02's avatar
    Fireman02
    Explorer
    Jun 15, 2014
    Equal-I-zer. We are pretty nose heavy as far as everything is loaded either in the bed of my truck or the front of the trailer. I didn't fill my fresh water tank this time which would help put a little more weight over the front of the trailer.
  • old_guy's avatar
    old_guy
    Explorer
    Jun 15, 2014
    you also did not tell us how fast you were driving. hope you did slow down some. some people think they can still drive 70 going up hills and in a tornado.
  • downtheroad's avatar
    downtheroad
    Explorer
    Jun 15, 2014
    Un-sure exactly what hitch you are running..Is it a generic equalizer hitch with a friction sway bar...or an Equal-i-zer brand 4 point system?

    Post back with more info and you will get lots of experienced advice and opinions...

    Proper tongue weight is also a big player in sway.
  • Tachdriver's avatar
    Tachdriver
    Explorer
    Jun 15, 2014
    First you may be a bit tail heavy, move some weight to the front.

    Second you do not mention what hitch you have. That information will us determine what anti-sway system you need.

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