Why do I need a W/D or sway control
I have a 2012 F350 diesel pulling a 28ft Airstream trailer. The trailer tows very well and has not noticed any problem pulling that trailer. So why do I need to add a WD or sway control? Ford claims t...
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You don’t. Unless you do. But you don’t. Lol.
WDHs have become the ultimate travel trailer owner security blanket. Plain and simple.
Yes some combinations NEED a wdh to reduce effective tongue weight. Like if I used my half ton to pull out toy hauler.
And some (likely few) need sway control to assist with poorly weight distributed trailers or marginally short tow vehicles for the length of the trailer.
Since you don’t fall into either of those categories, you don’t need the RVers binky.
Proof of above theory, count how many “other” bumper pull trailers you see with wdhs. All of them. Boats, cargo trailers, flat deck tag trailers. And compare trailer size to vehicles towing. The number will be zero or almost zero.
More proof. Pintle hitches. Why are the heaviest trailers towable by light duty trucks not even made with a hitch that can use a wdh?
Wdhs are the product of a good invention turned into a marketing scheme by RV dealers which has now, with the internet, propagated into some sort of brainwashing by RVers.
Btw, I have a wdh I’ll sell you. Came with my last camper. I’ll knock $50 off if I don’t have to clean the dust off of it!! Lol.
WDHs have become the ultimate travel trailer owner security blanket. Plain and simple.
Yes some combinations NEED a wdh to reduce effective tongue weight. Like if I used my half ton to pull out toy hauler.
And some (likely few) need sway control to assist with poorly weight distributed trailers or marginally short tow vehicles for the length of the trailer.
Since you don’t fall into either of those categories, you don’t need the RVers binky.
Proof of above theory, count how many “other” bumper pull trailers you see with wdhs. All of them. Boats, cargo trailers, flat deck tag trailers. And compare trailer size to vehicles towing. The number will be zero or almost zero.
More proof. Pintle hitches. Why are the heaviest trailers towable by light duty trucks not even made with a hitch that can use a wdh?
Wdhs are the product of a good invention turned into a marketing scheme by RV dealers which has now, with the internet, propagated into some sort of brainwashing by RVers.
Btw, I have a wdh I’ll sell you. Came with my last camper. I’ll knock $50 off if I don’t have to clean the dust off of it!! Lol.
