"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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Nvr2loud wrote:
I won't argue that it can't be done, clearly some people can get control back again. However, you have personally witnessed that there is enough force to overcome the friction style anti-sway bars. My entire point has been that it isn't safe to rely on them. Too many people just let their RV dealer install a system and flat out state "You will now have no sway, no problems" and those drivers then never learn to control their rig. I don't blame drivers who use tools like friction bars, they can and do work, but everyone needs to know how to correct a problem manually, and everyone needs to know how to load a trailer properly... and that is being ignored as my point is lost in all this bantering back and forth about anti-sway devices.
Can't argue with that. Kinda like tires. How many folks REALLY know their trailer's actual travel weight and have that weight properly distributed..................
