Harvard wrote:
Turtle n Peeps wrote:
3,4,5 and 6 have NOTHING to do with "causing" trailer sway.
Add more tongue weight. Your going in the correct direction, you just need to go more.
Correct, truck caster will not cause trailer sway BUT truck caster may play a big role in the overall corrective action required to trailer sway. IMO, without sufficient truck caster, the required corrective action would be required by the driver and the driver is usually 180 degrees out of phase to the required reaction. Again, IMO, having sufficient caster will dynamically/automatically dampen the systems response to sway long before the driver even notices the problem is starting. IMO.
What I am suggesting is a "lateral" porpoising, which is more commonly accepted as vertical porpoising in aviation circles.
Pilot Induced Porpoising
The OP needs to fix the root problem.
The root problem is sway (according to him) and that needs to be fixed. The TV has nothing to do with trailer sway. He could tow his trailer with a class 8 Kenworth or a Toyota T100 and he would still have trailer sway. He could put his trailer on a bumper ball or hang his trailer on a Hensley and he will still have sway.
He could tow his trailer with 1 degree of castor or 25 degrees of castor in his truck and it would not make any difference. He is STILL going to have sway.
If someone's air plane engine is burning oil are you going to recommend putting heavier weight oil in the engine or tear the engine down and fix it properly?
TV- tires, castor, hitch or anything else on the TV is not causing the OP's sway problem.
I'm recommending to fix the root cause of the OP's sway problem and not put some bandaid on his problem.
