Some friends of ours bought their first travel trailer, a 22 ft. He said the dealer told him under 24' didn't need a sway bar. I tried to convince him to get one but he wouldn't. Our first camping trip with him and his wife was westbound I 10 for about 100 miles. At the time, there was a 15-20 mph wind out of the south. Take that, along with road construction, big rigs, and no sway bar. By the time we got to the campsite, they were both completely worn out, and white as ghosts. Before we left from camping, he found an rv supply and we mounted the sway bar.....never again without it he said. To me they are a very cheap assurance of better control, even if you don't need it......NUB....
If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
2001 F250 POWER STROKE, PILGRIM 278RL SS, HOME BUILT 5'X 9' TEARDROP
I have an R-Vision Trail-Cruiser 21RBH. My dealer told me he wouldn't pull a trailer that weighed over 2000lbs. without one. He threw in a friction sway control with the deal. Fairly inexpensive, but well worth it. I have never had a problem to date with trailer sway.
2000 Chevy Silverado 4X4 Z71 5.3L Tow package w/3.73 gears
2005 Trail Cruiser 21RBH
Prodigy Brake Controller
Mckesh Mirrors Proud member of the Patriot Guard Riders
I was towing a TT way back in the 60s with a 59 Chev P/Up when the TT starting swaying, fishtailing all over the road. I thought the TT was going to pass us!
Since then I have never towed ANY trailer including my enclosed Hallmark
trailer that I use to haul my MC in. I even use sway control on my cargo trailer when I haul firewood, sand and gravel etc.
We use a sway control on a 17' Casita TT and like it. It was installed at the factory, they carry them in stock and highly recommend them even on their small trailers.
Try it w/o sway control, maybe 2/3 times..You may not need it...You'll know after a few times out and a few miles....I have a 23 ft Award TT, with the old style equalizer hitch w/o sway control and it trails great..Have faced winds across I-80 and I-40., blowing dust across I-10 between Phoenix and Tucson plus an almost white out during a snow storm returning from Ruidosa, NM...It just depends...Even if it makes you feel safer, by all mean get one...Its your choice...Good luck
2001 Suburban.,13000lbs GCWR, 7800lbs GVWR
Factory Tow Package., Tranny Temp.,Gauge.
1989 AWARD TT, Model 723, 4500lb GVWR:
W.D. Equalizer, 1K/10K, Prodigy..
[quote=lobo31]Try it w/o sway control, maybe 2/3 times..You may not need it...You'll know after a few times out and a few miles....I have a 23 ft Award TT, with the old style equalizer hitch w/o sway control and it trails great..Have faced winds across I-80 and I-40., blowing dust across I-10 between Phoenix and Tucson plus an almost white out during a snow storm returning from Ruidosa, NM...It just depends...Even if it makes you feel safer, by all mean get one...Its your choice...Good luck[/quote]
Maybe it's the trailer, but we don't have a sway problem with our Aerolite, either, which we've had for 6 years and about 25,000 miles, with some hefty cross-winds, too. As I stated above, we have a good weight-distributing hitch and we don't even know the TT is back there [I try to remind myself, though... ;)].
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Husband: Derek
Dog: Bucky
RV: 2000 Aerolite 19RB TT
TV: 1996 Chevrolet Blazer 6 cyl. 4WD
This car used to be our toad, now is our TV!
Penokee;
Besides wind shear from passing trucks and Mother Nature you do not want to end up in an Aw Shucks situation without some type of good sway control. When you have both feet on the brakes and you are ducking and weaving around the freeway trying to keep your rig in one piece and all of your passengers are wanting to be some place else, you will be real happy that the TT is not trying to pass you at the same time. I have the T-Shirt on this type of problem and continue to recommend good sway control every time I get the chance.
Bob
2001 2500 Silverado LS 4x4 6.0, 4.10
2007 Jayco Eagle 288RLS
Cocktails for 6, Dinner for 4, Sleeps 2
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End of dirt road, no signs in sight, sun going down: I am not lost, just getting ready to go camping.
Towed my 28' Wilderness with just a wd hitch. No issues. Now have the 29' 7" Jayco and only towed once but no issues again. I'm prepared to buy the Dual Cam if needed however.
2007 Dodge 6.7 Cummins, 6sp auto, Quad cab, long bed, white, Prodigy
2009 Shockwave T29FBSP, white & blue, tan interior, 4000W Onan, Reese Dual Cam 15K/1,500.
A sway control is cheap insurance. I have towed trailers over 50,000 miles and would not move without a sway control. Most days you may not need it, but when you do you won't have it.
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