Cheap Sway Control

[johnnylawless]

Would something like this for $45 be perfectly fine for a 15' (19' bumper to tongue) trailer, pulled by a 1/2 ton truck:

Curt Manufacturing 17200 Sway Control Kit
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HLO7QA/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER


Are the $250+ with the spring rods worth getting?

Should EVERYONE have sway control? Why isn't it standard?

[Turtle_n_Peeps]

nomad297 wrote:

Turtle n Peeps wrote:
I've towed my way heaver and longer car trailer for over 30 years with no sway control and I'm not dead yet. Get the setup correct and you won't need any stuff like that.

I do have a sway control on my TT just like the one pictured. But only because it was given to me yeas ago.

Don't let stupid comments like this make you think you shouldn't use sway control.

The dynamics of a car trailer are quite different from those of a travel trailer.

The comment is irresponsible and ignorant.

Bruce

LOL, Ok Bruce, what "dynamics" would those be? This I have to hear. LMAO

[nomad297]

Turtle n Peeps wrote:
I've towed my way heaver and longer car trailer for over 30 years with no sway control and I'm not dead yet. Get the setup correct and you won't need any stuff like that.

I do have a sway control on my TT just like the one pictured. But only because it was given to me yeas ago.

Don't let stupid comments like this make you think you shouldn't use sway control.

The dynamics of a car trailer are quite different from those of a travel trailer.

The comment is irresponsible and ignorant.

Bruce

[JiminDenver]

I use a friction sway bar on our 25 ft and it is rock solid.

[Turtle_n_Peeps]

I've towed my way heaver and longer car trailer for over 30 years with no sway control and I'm not dead yet. Get the setup correct and you won't need any stuff like that.

I do have a sway control on my TT just like the one pictured. But only because it was given to me yeas ago.

[Ron3rd]

That setup would be fine for your trailer. I used something similar with Reese friction sway control on my old 25ft trailer for about 9 years and it worked fine.

[johnnylawless]

@gbopp, I'm an IT guy I should have done that haha, thanks for the assist.

I think I get it, the sway bar is for left to right, and the spring rods are for front to back?

Didn't realize the spring bars reduced load.

Is it a fair statement to say sway control and weight distribution save fuel?

[gbopp]

johnnylawless wrote:
Would something like this for $45 be perfectly fine for a 15' (19' bumper to tongue) trailer, pulled by a 1/2 ton truck:

Curt Manufacturing 17200 Sway Control Kit
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HLO7QA/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER


Are the $250+ with the spring rods worth getting?

Should EVERYONE have sway control? Why isn't it standard?

Clicky

[rugermark2]

I used the cheap ones for years on my travel trailers.

[poncho62]

That is a sway control kit, as you said.....



The thing with the spring bars is a weight distributing hitch. It reduces the tongue weight on your hitch, helps your trailer ride more level



By rights, you should nave both