"The trailer started whipping..."
I saw the aftermath of this accident while driving out of the mountains near Pine Mountain Club, California. There were gouges in the pavement where the truck (It might have been a Chevy Avalanche)an...
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loulou57 wrote:
Do sway bars help?
Yes and no... that is a matter of opinion.
Sway bars do work to reduce the amount of sway that can occur. I disagree with the use of sway bars because I feel they have two very serious weaknesses...
1) Allows improper loading of trailer and hides the resultant sway and therefore drivers are unaware that their tongue weight is too low
2) Sway is controlled up to a certain threshold, then the sway overpowers the bar and 'wham' a high speed tail-wagging of the trailer occurs.
Do they physically work below the threshold... absolutely.
Would I ever use one... not a chance.
Once I feel sway without the bars two things happen....
First) I use my brake control manual lever to apply slight brake force to the trailer only, pulling tension between my truck and trailer until the sway stops
Second) I measure my tongue weight and fiqure out what happened?
