swj

see tire air pressure below question

762x51

I have found that if you are using a weight distribution hitch, with built in sway control, then you need to turn off the trucks sway control.
I have found that the two sway control systems will fight one another.

13XLTEco

How's that, and how do you turn it off ?

acdii

I thought it was a myth and that Blue Ox support was full of donkey dung, then I got a Blue Ox and found out they were correct. First time I towed I found the trailer would make the truck wiggle whenever a semi went the other way. I turned off the truck sway, which is done via the trailer settings, and the trailer was perfectly straight and handled perfectly, no more wiggle in the truck.

13XLTEco

Thanks acdii and 762x51 !

762x51

Go to the main menu on the display then to Towing > Trailer Options > Trailer Sway Control..
Click on Trailer Sway Control and the check mark will go away which will turn off the sway control.

Atlee

Nothing in the owners instructions says a truck based anti sway control needs to be disengaged so the Blue Ox will work properly.

Also, my 2014 F150 has the anti sway feature. It stays engaged, and I've never had any wiggle when being passed by a 18 wheeler.

acdii

Call and talk to Blue Ox support and see what they have to say and why some trucks do and some don't. There are a lot of posts I made saying basically the same thing, only to find out first hand that it happens to be true. Some do, some don't, mine just happens to be one that is much smoother with it off. Theoretically, the truck sway control should have ZERO effect when traveling, but somehow it does. I can have it on, and feel a shimmy in the truck in traffic, turn it off and the shimmy goes away. It is the weirdest sensation too, as though the rear of the truck is wagging, not the trailer. Maybe some braking to a rear wheel is being applied, don't know, don't care since turning it off makes it go away.

larry2c

Our TT is shorter and our truck is an older steel body truck and we have no sway issues (Blue OX WDH). However, I have read quite a few posts on the Forest River forum about folks with Rear Kitchen TT's and the aluminum body trucks having sway problems. As others have suggested, a trip to the scales may help get things dialed in. From what I have read on the forums and in the specs of RK TT's, the tongue weight is usually quite a bit lighter than on other floor plans. If the tongue weight is under 13% on your loaded TT, maybe you can re-balance your belongings to get the tongue weight up. Cheaper to move gear around than buy a new WDH...

bikendan

although i don't have an aluminum body F150, i tow a 26' rear kitchen TT with my 2014 3.5 Ecoboost with an Equa-i-zer WDH and have never had to turn off the anti-sway and never had any sway issues.