trailor sway
Hi I'm wondering if anybody has a new ford F150 if so are you having any trouble with trailer sway because of the truck being to lite. I have a wd but it seems like my trailer wants to fish tail a lot...
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RinconVTR wrote:TomG2 wrote:
Somebody must work in advertising. The truck can be a factor in sway, in defiance of your Rule #2? That's right.
WRONG.
The TV is NEVER part of the root cause of sway (unless mechanically unfit or overloaded) but it can be part of the cover up or alleviation via stiffer sidewall tires (LT or UHP) among other mods.
100% correct and well said.
People need to learn the difference between wind buffet and sway. For any given trailer there is no solution to wind buffet. Sure, you can mitigate it with a bigger/heaver tow vehicle but it will still be there. I have driven very heavy class 6 trucks and I could still feel wind buffet.
Sway can either be fixed or covered up with bandaids. I fix sway problems. My trailer has a rear bedroom and is right on the edge of sway. If the old lady loads the rear of the TT with 100's of lbs of stuff my trailer will sway. If I take some of that stuff and move it up to the very front of the trailer it's like magic; no sway and my trailer handles like a slot car on rails. Yes, there is that much of a difference between a bad setup and a good setup.
