Which makes more impact on sway
Here's my dilemma...which makes more impact on potential to sway? Too much tongue weight or too little tongue weight?
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ScottG wrote:
Being nose-high will cause sway even if the weights are Otherwise fine.
I do not agree with this statement as towing high increases tongue weight. I own over 10 trailers from flat beds, gooseneck, cargo, dump, 5er, plus a tilt and a 31' Airstream which have Torque Flex axles. If I DO NOT tow these two with the nose high they want to sway as there is no equalization between the T F axles. I tried towing the Airstream slightly nose low because of dragging the tool box I added to the back. NO, I do not put heavy things in the tool box and YES it has plenty of tongue weight plus I carry a generator on the tongue. I'll probably lower the rear axle 1/2" so I can tow it with the nose slightly low.
The tilt trailer is only a problem when empty as I can put the load far enough forward to increase the tongue weight to where it does not sway. Even adding a tool box to the front with chains and binders in it did not help but raising the ball 2-3" above level solves the problem.
