Weight Distribution vs Sway Bars
I am told that some people have both a weight distribution hitch and a sway bar for their travel trailer; while others have told me that you only need one or the other. I just purchased a new trailer...
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For me, when I read your post, the first thing I wanted to ask was to better define fish tails. If it really doing that, you are in fact in a very very dangerous situation that others have already indicated you need to address immediately.
If it wiggles some, while still something to work out, there could be a few other things to consider.
1. is the road smooth or rutted at all? When we got our Nash, it wiggled. Our previous trailer which I pulled for 10 years never moved. So this was new to me. I found that the stretch of I-84 I was on was slightly rutted enough to cause us to wiggle. Once off that onto state highways, it was smooth as my prior trailer. That said, I have a weight dist set up I have used for more than a decade now, I will likely upgrade to an Equalizer for peace of mind. Oh, this also made me realize that strong winds could be an issue where before it never affected us much.
2. Length of the trailer versus the length of your truck. The longer the trailer, the longer your tow vehicle should be (ideally). so while the result is the same, the cause "may not" be too light of a tongue weight. You'd need a sway bar or a better solution in my opinion is the Equalizer or equivalent hitch.
3. Of course, too light of a tongue weight is still a likely cause.
These are just my opinions and experiences.
If it wiggles some, while still something to work out, there could be a few other things to consider.
1. is the road smooth or rutted at all? When we got our Nash, it wiggled. Our previous trailer which I pulled for 10 years never moved. So this was new to me. I found that the stretch of I-84 I was on was slightly rutted enough to cause us to wiggle. Once off that onto state highways, it was smooth as my prior trailer. That said, I have a weight dist set up I have used for more than a decade now, I will likely upgrade to an Equalizer for peace of mind. Oh, this also made me realize that strong winds could be an issue where before it never affected us much.
2. Length of the trailer versus the length of your truck. The longer the trailer, the longer your tow vehicle should be (ideally). so while the result is the same, the cause "may not" be too light of a tongue weight. You'd need a sway bar or a better solution in my opinion is the Equalizer or equivalent hitch.
3. Of course, too light of a tongue weight is still a likely cause.
These are just my opinions and experiences.
