Getting started with sway control
Here's the quick and dirty question: What questions do I need to ask about weight distribution and sway control systems? I'm already thinking, trailer weight, tongue weight, and can I back up with...
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StirCrazy wrote:
most of the sway control in hitches is snake oil, sway is cause by inproper loading (not enough tounge weight. you want over 10% of the trailers weight on the ball, and if you can sneek it closer to 13 - 14% even better. with the trailer level and that much weight on the ball you shouldn't ever need any sway control, but if you do just buy a weight distribution hitch that you cn add it on later. in 38 years of towing, I only ever had sway once and it was when I was 16 and brand new to towing and I quicky learned how to load my little trailer I had art the time.
Steve
What happens when that 13-14% lifts the front end of the tow vehicle and causes the front to become light and less in control?
