OK, real rookie question and I will try to keep it brief - but I doubt that I'll succeed.
2016 35 foot Rockwood Signature Ultra-Light TT being towed with a 2004 Dodge Ram 3500 Quad Cab with the 5.9L Cummins. I'm not going to get real technical with weights, etc. because my question is more about sway and what it is or is not.
I have an Equalizer hitch which is supposed to distribute the weight and also reduce sway. It is often called an anti-sway hitch but here is one of my questions: Is it really anti-sway or more sway control or reduction?
That question leads me to this: When a TT starts to sway is it something that you feel in the TV, or does that depend? I have only pulled a few times and mostly short distances over two lane roads at about 55-60 mph. Never noticed anything out of the ordinary - TV seems to pull with very little effort. Today I had to run it back from the dealer and decided to take some freeways (boy was it windy, by the way) and kept it at 60 mph. A few times while looking in the mirror (driver side mostly) it seemed as if I saw a very slight sway but I felt nothing at all in the TV. Also, it was always momentary and seemed to get straight right away. Now I can't guarantee that I was seeing sway or just moving my head while looking - I never saw it looking down the passenger side but my head orients differently when I look there.
Would I always feel sway in the TV? If not is it normal to get the very slight movement? Is the Equalizer known to address sway if it happens, or is it supposed to eliminate it?
Wow...not short like I intended...sorry. Just trying to get things settled before I take any long trips. I know that there are hitch adjustments and loading of the TT to take into account but I am just trying to figure out if I really did experience sway - never felt anything - or if it was just the normal TT experience. Again, it was very windy but I'm not sure if that had any bearing.
Whew...thanks gang.
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