First time tower, I have questions
01-28-2015, 01:51 PM
#21
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you can buy the ball mount at U-Haul, here in AB it was actually cheaper than the truck / auto stores. I still have it with the U-haul sticker on it 
as far as sway, like I said before, unless you go full-retard and load the trailer like a blind man in a rush, you should be OK.
Don't do like this jack-***** a couple weeks ago around here, going 85+ mph with a jacked-up F350 and what looked like a 4-snowmobile trailer, passing everyone, tailgating, with the trailer swinging left and right... I was doing 15-20 over the speed limit and couldnt keep up with him...
as far as sway, like I said before, unless you go full-retard and load the trailer like a blind man in a rush, you should be OK.
Don't do like this jack-***** a couple weeks ago around here, going 85+ mph with a jacked-up F350 and what looked like a 4-snowmobile trailer, passing everyone, tailgating, with the trailer swinging left and right... I was doing 15-20 over the speed limit and couldnt keep up with him...
01-29-2015, 03:14 PM
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Sway control on a U-Haul trailer without a weight-distributing hitch with sway control requires you to load the trailer very exactly. When wet and loaded for the road, you want 12% to 15% of the gross trailer weight on the tongue (ball). And you want the weight in the trailer evenly distributed side to side. That requires planning and at least two trips through a certified automated truck scale to determine gross trailer weight, tongue weight, and weight remaining on the trailer axles.
Not less than 12% tongue weight to help prevent sway, and not more than 15% tongue weight so you don't overload the suspension of the tow vehicle.
If you have a tongue weight scale, then you can get by with only one trip across the scale to get the weight on the trailer axles. Frequent trailer pullers use a tongue weight scale to frequently weigh the tongue weight. Here's a link to my tongue weight scale:
http://www.etrailer.com/Tools/Sherline/5780.html
Not less than 12% tongue weight to help prevent sway, and not more than 15% tongue weight so you don't overload the suspension of the tow vehicle.
If you have a tongue weight scale, then you can get by with only one trip across the scale to get the weight on the trailer axles. Frequent trailer pullers use a tongue weight scale to frequently weigh the tongue weight. Here's a link to my tongue weight scale:
http://www.etrailer.com/Tools/Sherline/5780.html
