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Gjac wrote:Vintage465 wrote:I noticed you have an ORV creek side FQ I was looking at the Creekside 18rbs mainly because of the slide and FW capacity 78 gals, I have not seen any other trailer that comes close to that capacity. Do you feel you needed a 2500 truck to tow the Creekside or did you what to have more truck in case you wanted to go bigger?Gjac wrote:naturist wrote:The "open ended question" helped me understand the issue. A more specific question would be what if the hitch weight is correct, tire pressure correct and I pull a 22 ft trailer with an F150 truck what would be required to eliminate trailer sway (if anything)? Are there some short trailers that are more prone to this problem be design?
There are a lot of factors that influence sway, and there is a lot of information (and misinformation) available about it. Everything from weight of the trailer vs weight of the tow vehicle, to weight distribution between trailer tires and tongue weight, to tire pressures all around, to 5th wheel vs bumper pull, to length of trailer vs TV wheelbase, all affect sway or lack of sway.
You asked a very open-ended question, and you are going to get a LOT of responses. Some of them will even be right on, as far as they go. Good luck sorting through it all to the answers that make the most sense to you.
Tires: E-Rated
Hitch: A solid W.D. Hitch, set up right(most aren't)
Suspension: depending on how your T.V. came from the factory, Possibly heavier springs or better shocks like Bilstein shocks.
Trailers Prone to sway: The placement of the axles in relationship to the tongue and the cargo distribution can have a lot to do with sway.
Bottom line: No "one thing" will stop sway other than not towing. There are many factors that really need to work together to make a great towing experience. And there is such thing as a great towing experience. There is not one thing about towing with my rig that makes me wish the trailer wasn't back there. It is literally just as easy to tow or go solo with my setup. As is the case with many of the other posters on this forum. It's a great place to be.
โSep-25-2019 09:44 AM
โSep-25-2019 08:36 AM
Vintage465 wrote:I noticed you have an ORV creek side FQ I was looking at the Creekside 18rbs mainly because of the slide and FW capacity 78 gals, I have not seen any other trailer that comes close to that capacity. Do you feel you needed a 2500 truck to tow the Creekside or did you what to have more truck in case you wanted to go bigger?Gjac wrote:naturist wrote:The "open ended question" helped me understand the issue. A more specific question would be what if the hitch weight is correct, tire pressure correct and I pull a 22 ft trailer with an F150 truck what would be required to eliminate trailer sway (if anything)? Are there some short trailers that are more prone to this problem be design?
There are a lot of factors that influence sway, and there is a lot of information (and misinformation) available about it. Everything from weight of the trailer vs weight of the tow vehicle, to weight distribution between trailer tires and tongue weight, to tire pressures all around, to 5th wheel vs bumper pull, to length of trailer vs TV wheelbase, all affect sway or lack of sway.
You asked a very open-ended question, and you are going to get a LOT of responses. Some of them will even be right on, as far as they go. Good luck sorting through it all to the answers that make the most sense to you.
Tires: E-Rated
Hitch: A solid W.D. Hitch, set up right(most aren't)
Suspension: depending on how your T.V. came from the factory, Possibly heavier springs or better shocks like Bilstein shocks.
Trailers Prone to sway: The placement of the axles in relationship to the tongue and the cargo distribution can have a lot to do with sway.
Bottom line: No "one thing" will stop sway other than not towing. There are many factors that really need to work together to make a great towing experience. And there is such thing as a great towing experience. There is not one thing about towing with my rig that makes me wish the trailer wasn't back there. It is literally just as easy to tow or go solo with my setup. As is the case with many of the other posters on this forum. It's a great place to be.
โSep-25-2019 06:12 AM
Gjac wrote:naturist wrote:The "open ended question" helped me understand the issue. A more specific question would be what if the hitch weight is correct, tire pressure correct and I pull a 22 ft trailer with an F150 truck what would be required to eliminate trailer sway (if anything)? Are there some short trailers that are more prone to this problem be design?
There are a lot of factors that influence sway, and there is a lot of information (and misinformation) available about it. Everything from weight of the trailer vs weight of the tow vehicle, to weight distribution between trailer tires and tongue weight, to tire pressures all around, to 5th wheel vs bumper pull, to length of trailer vs TV wheelbase, all affect sway or lack of sway.
You asked a very open-ended question, and you are going to get a LOT of responses. Some of them will even be right on, as far as they go. Good luck sorting through it all to the answers that make the most sense to you.
โSep-25-2019 05:40 AM
naturist wrote:The "open ended question" helped me understand the issue. A more specific question would be what if the hitch weight is correct, tire pressure correct and I pull a 22 ft trailer with an F150 truck what would be required to eliminate trailer sway (if anything)? Are there some short trailers that are more prone to this problem be design?
There are a lot of factors that influence sway, and there is a lot of information (and misinformation) available about it. Everything from weight of the trailer vs weight of the tow vehicle, to weight distribution between trailer tires and tongue weight, to tire pressures all around, to 5th wheel vs bumper pull, to length of trailer vs TV wheelbase, all affect sway or lack of sway.
You asked a very open-ended question, and you are going to get a LOT of responses. Some of them will even be right on, as far as they go. Good luck sorting through it all to the answers that make the most sense to you.
โSep-25-2019 04:15 AM
Yosemite Sam1 wrote:
Sway is not per se bad. It's a normal reaction when two heavy equipment is sitting on that single round ball and buffeted by wind or jet stream from semis or other heavy vehicles on the road.
What's bad is when sway is uncontrolled and whipping the tow vehicle or going out of its lane endangering vehicles on the other.
Weight distribution and sway bar normally prevent the more violent and dangerous ones.
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