Equalizer hitch necessary???
I'm towing a Gulfstream Ameri-Lite 21 (18') TT with a dry weight of 3215 pounds. The hitch place that installed my brake controller told me that I wouldn't need an weight distribution hitch for such ...
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Redwoodcamper wrote:
You should be fine. But we have all seen a line of cars backed up behind a truck with a swaying trailer before. Happened to me a couple days ago. Really annoying when someone has a truck to small or the wrong hitch and they are going under the speed limit by 10-20mph and wasting a bunch of people's time.
So go for a drive, see how it pulls, and go from there.
My most recent RV was a brand new 87 Wilderness 5th wheel that I pulled with a K20 Chevy. I didn't have to worry about sway. The only other bumper pull I had was a 15' Pla-Mor that I also pulled with the K20 and it was like there was nothing back there.
I was pulling an 18' TT on a long, downhill grade out of the mountains in Arizona back in 1970. I'd been driving about 18 months so my dad offered to let me drive. I was cruising about 70mph in a 1970 Monte Carlo when the trailer began whipping back and forth wildly, using the better part of both lanes to get it back under control. Everyone in the car was freaked out as well as everyone behind me. I was very fortunate I didn't kill us all.
