Towing Safety Question
This morning on my way to work I saw a scary scene of an SUV towing a travel trailer. The SUV was a Jeep Cherokee and they were towing what looked to be an 18ft travel trailer. The were also using a...
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Charlie, I've pulled trailers for years but nothing the size of the 24' I'm pulling now. My wife bought it used, and it came with a weight distributing hitch and sway control. I'm pulling it with a half-ton 2003 Tundra, and the truck's a bit light. The weight distributing hitch is a big help just keeping the truck from sagging so much. But I've pulled it with and without the sway control, and I honestly can't tell that it does anything. The trailer pulls straight, and when I get passed by a semi on the interstate, I can feel it pull the trailer toward it. But as you experienced, I just keep going straight, and the trailer goes where I go.
One thing I've noticed on my Tundra is that the rear sags enough that the steering gets light (I'm taking steps to correct). In the OP, as I remember, the tow vehicle appeared to be severely overloaded. If so and the steering was as light as I suspect, I wondered it the driver may just be constantly over-correcting to keep the tow vehicle in a straight line. As you said, where the tow vehicle goes, so goes the trailer.
One thing I've noticed on my Tundra is that the rear sags enough that the steering gets light (I'm taking steps to correct). In the OP, as I remember, the tow vehicle appeared to be severely overloaded. If so and the steering was as light as I suspect, I wondered it the driver may just be constantly over-correcting to keep the tow vehicle in a straight line. As you said, where the tow vehicle goes, so goes the trailer.
