Looking for better Sway Control

CincyGus wrote:

thirtydaZe wrote:
For those of you saying a properly setup wd and sway system eliminates sway, does this also include a stiff cross wind? My tt trails well with the wind, or light to no wind conditions, however in NE he wind is almost always humming from the south, and im almost traveling east or west.

It treks well, but id be lying if i siad i could feel it move the truck from time to time.

If your towing something with as much surface area as a travel trailer, you are going to feel it move once in awhile when a wind gust hits you or larger vehicle (semi, another trailer) pulls along you and changes the amount of wind resistance you are getting. What having the proper amount of tingue weight, a properly setup W/D bar and some form of sway control does is minimize these instances to just a change of direction and not the back and forth sway that can cause you to lose control.

Lack of tongue weight makes the trailer more likely to sway back and forth.

Improperly setup W/D hitch can cause to little tongue weight, lack of weight on the steering axle of your vehicle causing a floating feeling in your steering or a lack of sterring response.

They all work together and if properly setup, work well together to help your vehicle to be predictable and safe to drive when towing.

Mine moves about 6-8 inches when a semi passes me but is very predictable. If I see a semi gaining on me, I even scoot over a little, knowing I'm going to move when he gets along side. And I have never had more than a single direction movement when properly setup. I've had plenty of white knuckle, downhill sways that almost got away from me before I knew how to properly setup a tow rig. NEVER Want to do that again.

x2 with our trailer and setup, (dual cam) I usually don't notice anything when big trucks pass, or with a constant sidewind. Occasionally a truck will give me a little push and big gusts will cause a little wiggle, that's it. Worst is going down the columbia river gorge with it's notorious gusty conditions, but unless it's so bad they close it to trailers, I just notice a little wiggle.

But IMHO the key is to set up the trailer so it is inheritely stable WITHOUT sway control, and then add sway control as a safety measure, NOT as a bandaid to stop a trailer that is inheritently unstable.