Trailer sway control

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

transamz9 wrote:

BTW how many trailers have you designed and built?

I have built everything from welding trailers to 40' goosenecks. When you get into long trailers with a lot of tail swing that are twice as heavy as the tow vehicle and you get into a panic maneuver situation, you will get sway no matter how well it is loaded.

I can't speak to that. I never overload my trailers or truck.

I can just speak that the trailers I have built handle like a slot car even in panic maneuvers without any type of sway control.

Seems like the trend in trailer design is high CG and low tongue weight to get into the SUV and 1/2 ton market.

This is exactly opposite of how I build my trailers.

Hey, wait a sec. Most new factory trailers are high CG and low tongue weight and a lot of them have sway issues. My trailers are low CG and high tongue weight and I never have sway issues. Do I see a trend here? :W Why yes, I think I do! :B

I don't overload my truck either. I know how to load a trailer but there are people on here that have trailers with rear bathrooms and rear kitchens that boon dock or for what ever reason have changing loads on the trailers. I can tell a difference when I go on a weekend camping trip as apposed to a two week trip. The trailer is loaded differently and pulls differently. If your don't then you need to get out into the real word or hook to a real load.