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rhagfo
Oct 13, 2017Explorer III
JIMNLIN wrote:
Bumper pull trailers not set up properly/loaded properly may sway above a certain mph and gets worse the higher the speed. Only application of the trailer brakes will stop the sway until the vehicles speed gets below that point. Speeding up just made the sway worse.
The only place I've read speeding up to stop sway is on some rv websites.
This is the reason it is better to brake the trailer, rather than accelerate the TV. The trailer will settle quicker with braking rather the speeding up.
Your brake controller should be within easy reach just for for this reason.
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