Weight Distribution and Sway Control
Do I need WD/Sway control for a new 19ft. 2800lb. single axel travel trailer with a 350 pound tongue weight? Im pulling with a 2014 Toyota 4runner with a 4700 pound capacity and a 500 pound tongue we...
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I don't quite understand, i'm sorry but I need to read up on it and do some more research on learning about this stuff(how the receiver is hooked to my truck).
IF I can get one, I was thinking I would feel more comfortable with a WD/sway deal but when I can afford one. For now I have been using the trailer without for short weekend trips one and two hours away and have not had a problem YET (famous last word). Im wondering if I need one for short camping trips - one to three hours out as I am not a high mileage, long cross the state driver as my work doesn't allow for me to take much time off.
This is what I have experienced in my short trips so far: When I first got my trailer a couple months ago the dealer sent me out with a hitch that was to low and the trailer sagged forward and the 4runner sagged back. They also sent me with it full of water and I didn't know. They said they put "a little water in it to make sure everything was working and to show me that it all did work (except the air conditioner but that's another story) when we got to the state park and went to put water in the trailer, it didn't hold anymore. After a sh%$ ton of gas for a two hour trip I was relieved to find that I wasn't always gonna need this much gas to go somewhere. Anyway I later flipped the ball and the trailer sits level with the 4runner with very little back end sag on the Toyota. Then on another trip I caught some high winds coming home and I was getting blown around a bit but it didn't feel like the trailer was swaying so much as it felt like the whole set up was wind surfing. Coulda been because the trailer was swaying though. When semis pass me I can feel that im getting sucked in towards them a little and spit back out at 70mph.
All in all - if I can get a WD/sway thing should I before I go back out there? I had an over the road truck driver tell me, " you shouldn't need all that for such a light small trailer" but I think it has to do with the truck im pulling it with, the trailer weight and the short wheel base of the 4runner??
Phew - that's a lot I know but this seems like an important subject for someone just starting out - thanks in advance
IF I can get one, I was thinking I would feel more comfortable with a WD/sway deal but when I can afford one. For now I have been using the trailer without for short weekend trips one and two hours away and have not had a problem YET (famous last word). Im wondering if I need one for short camping trips - one to three hours out as I am not a high mileage, long cross the state driver as my work doesn't allow for me to take much time off.
This is what I have experienced in my short trips so far: When I first got my trailer a couple months ago the dealer sent me out with a hitch that was to low and the trailer sagged forward and the 4runner sagged back. They also sent me with it full of water and I didn't know. They said they put "a little water in it to make sure everything was working and to show me that it all did work (except the air conditioner but that's another story) when we got to the state park and went to put water in the trailer, it didn't hold anymore. After a sh%$ ton of gas for a two hour trip I was relieved to find that I wasn't always gonna need this much gas to go somewhere. Anyway I later flipped the ball and the trailer sits level with the 4runner with very little back end sag on the Toyota. Then on another trip I caught some high winds coming home and I was getting blown around a bit but it didn't feel like the trailer was swaying so much as it felt like the whole set up was wind surfing. Coulda been because the trailer was swaying though. When semis pass me I can feel that im getting sucked in towards them a little and spit back out at 70mph.
All in all - if I can get a WD/sway thing should I before I go back out there? I had an over the road truck driver tell me, " you shouldn't need all that for such a light small trailer" but I think it has to do with the truck im pulling it with, the trailer weight and the short wheel base of the 4runner??
Phew - that's a lot I know but this seems like an important subject for someone just starting out - thanks in advance
