ScottG wrote:For many years we had a resident engineer on the forum. His name was Ron Gratz. I believe he must have passed, as he no longer comes up in searches... Bad thing about this forum is that at some point a lot of old posts disappeared from the forum.
Huntingdog, I'm sorry but you're wrong on both counts.
Yes, it pushes the trailer back in line but there's nothing dangerous about it. I've even had it in the snow. Is the force "significant"? It is enough to do the job, nothing more. It is easily overcome when turning by the weights involved.
No, it does not use friction for control. It doesn't use brake material anywhere like other systems do. It uses pure spring pressure via the spring bars pocket climbing up off the cam. You could submerge the entire thing in oil and it would still work the same.
Best of luck to you.
Scott
