RCMAN46 wrote:
"While there has been some very good advice here, I think too often we tend to think of weight first. "
That is because most trailer sway problems are from low tongue/pin weights.
Very easy and cheap to check the tongue weight percentage. That includes all weights both axles on truck and trailer axles.
This has to be done as has been described multiple times in this post.
Need weights both with and without WD bars engaged.
If the last picture I saw of truck hitched was with the WD bars engaged you do not have heavy enough bars as the front of the truck appears to be badly unloaded.
We need tongue weight percentage so tongue weight alone does not tell us anything. We also need the total weight of the trailer.
Without knowing the tongue weight percentage you may be wasting money and time looking for other cures that may do nothing to correct the core problem.
From your pictures it definitely seems like your wd hitch is not transferring enough weight to the front. If I saw my truck way up in the front like that I wouldn't even pull out of my driveway. There are many links on this forum on how to weigh and many on how to interpret those weights. Before you do anything else go to the "Technical Resources-Towing"forum and read and follow the sticky "Travel Trailer Hitch Set-up Procedure" by BarneyS. I originally had major sway control problems with the same set up you have until I followed that post which cured most problems. I then installed a Reese Dual Cam Strait Line hitch and solved all sway. I often don't even feel the push from a passing semi. Even cross winds cause little concern.
