Proteus wrote:
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We looked at Lance but they only have one bunkhouse model, the 2185, and it's just too small. If they'd done double bunks instead of cramming a triple in the back, it might work, but it's stilll tiny. Couldn't even get the toilet door to close.
The Mercedes trailer mode basically automatically detects sway, and then cancels it through either alternate front wheel breaking (individually braking an opposite front wheel), or leveraging the AWD system to use engine torque to counter or slow. In practice, it worked really well, could definitely tell when it kicked in.
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Yes, we found the Lance's too cramped as well.
Interesting about that AWD trailer mode. What we have in our trucks is the individual wheel braking part, plus overall speed/torque reduction to control sway. Not individual wheel torque management, if that's what you're describing.
My truck's sway control has never kicked in though. If it did I believe there would be an icon popping up on the dash. So I've always assumed it to be more for extreme, emergency situations, not normal towing.
But we have over 15% tongue weight, and occasionally, if I'm lazy, I leave off the friction sway bar without problem. Sway just doesn't seem to be an big issue with all that tongue weight.
