Do I need my WD bars just to move in the driveway?

[mkenyon2]

My F150 is rated for 5,000 lbs before needing a Weight Distribution hitch, and my trailer is supposedly 4900 dry. We don't have much in there right now (not even mattresses) and it's winterized, so no water in the tank.

I should be fine just moving it around in my driveway with just the ball/hitch, right? I don't think I need the WD bars attached just to move it 10-15 feet.

[Bobbo]

Terryallan wrote:

Bobbo wrote:

Terryallan wrote:
I'm going to have to disagree with you on most every thing you said. Unloading the front axle WILL induce sway. No question. That is what the WDH fixes. I do agree about the tongue weight.

I have decided that Terryallan is a troll. No one can be that wrong that consistently in the face of people who actually know the subject. He is doing this intentionally. We should just ignore him. All future responses to him on this topic should just be "Troll Alert."

Just think. someone like you with no knowledge of how
WDH works calling some one who does know a troll. I have been setting up WDHs for 20 years. I'm really good at it. NONE of the trailers I set up have any sway period.
Come with me. I'll teach you how it's done.

Troll Alert

[Grit_dog]

Terryallan wrote:

Grit dog wrote:
Not a troll, just somewhat uninformed and misguided in his theories.

Gee I don't know. I've been setting them up for 20 years. And not one of the trailers I setup sway. For some one that is uninformed. I'm pretty good at it. At least the people who bring their TT to me think so.

as I said a properly setup TT will not sway. The keys are weight, and weight distribution.

To be fair, I don't believe I ever questioned your abilities to set up a wdh. Actually I know I didn't. Would have no reason to, as I have no actual knowledge of your abilities.
What I question is your level of experience towing (different vehicles, different trailers, different conditions) simply based on the fact that you seem to be relying on a very small sample set of your truck and your trailer, which I don't recall having changed int eh better part of the 10 years I've been on this forum.
And I absolutely question your knowledge of physics, statics and dynamics based on some of your assertions.

[Grit_dog]

Terryallan wrote:


Just think. someone like you with no knowledge of how
WDH works calling some one who does know a troll.

Add clairvoyance to Mr. Allen's skillset apparently....
Or have you actually observed Mr. Bobbo's lack of knowledge that you claim?

[Terryallan]

Grit dog wrote:
Not a troll, just somewhat uninformed and misguided in his theories.

Gee I don't know. I've been setting them up for 20 years. And not one of the trailers I setup sway. For some one that is uninformed. I'm pretty good at it. At least the people who bring their TT to me think so.

as I said a properly setup TT will not sway. The keys are weight, and weight distribution.

[Terryallan]

Bobbo wrote:

Terryallan wrote:
I'm going to have to disagree with you on most every thing you said. Unloading the front axle WILL induce sway. No question. That is what the WDH fixes. I do agree about the tongue weight.

I have decided that Terryallan is a troll. No one can be that wrong that consistently in the face of people who actually know the subject. He is doing this intentionally. We should just ignore him. All future responses to him on this topic should just be "Troll Alert."

Just think. someone like you with no knowledge of how
WDH works calling some one who does know a troll. I have been setting up WDHs for 20 years. I'm really good at it. NONE of the trailers I set up have any sway period.
Come with me. I'll teach you how it's done.

[GrandpaKip]

Boon Docker wrote:

bcbouy wrote:
some of you really need to go back and re read the op's original question before pontificating.

:B

Yup, it's not like the guy is doing 60 MPH in his back yard.

Amen

[Boon_Docker]

bcbouy wrote:
some of you really need to go back and re read the op's original question before pontificating.

:B

Yup, it's not like the guy is doing 60 MPH in his back yard.

[bcbouy]

some of you really need to go back and re read the op's original question before pontificating.

[Grit_dog]

Not a troll, just somewhat uninformed and misguided in his theories.

[JIMNLIN]

Timmo! wrote:
Dissecting minutia is a barrel of fun...for some; boring for others.

Like most rv trailer forums folks get stuck on just their reason their trailer had sway issues. Some even think there is just one reason a bumper pull trailer will sway.

Then we have the type that never had a sway issue.

And of course we have the forum know it alls who bash others who have had sway issues and found their way to eliminate it.

Towing trailers full time will show several reasons bumper pull trailer can have sway issues regardless of the size of the tow vehicle.



The idea is too eliminate sway...regardless of the "reasons".

TerryAllen a troll 'cause....??..... really ??
Some times the troll can be found in a mirror.

[Grit_dog]

I’d like to hope that he’s just trolling, but sadly, if one is at all observant, it is easy to see that a good portion of the wdh/sway bars sales and promotions are due to these same weird theories that people who don’t know blinker fluid from muffler bearings are so adamant about.

[bcbouy]

i'm enjoying this.simple question,yes/no.now it's a big debate.flex those brains boys.

[Timmo_]

Dissecting minutia is a barrel of fun...for some; boring for others.

[GrandpaKip]

Isn’t this horse dead yet?