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Trailer sway control

07-11-2000, 03:37 PM

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Trailer sway control

I recently traded my HEAVY 22' travel trailer for a new 23.5' lightweight travel trailer. With the old trailer I used a Reese weight distributing hitch with no sway control. The trailer seemed to pull fine (no sway). With the new lightweight trailer, I noticed the rear of the trailer swaying around when I brought it home. The new trailer seems pretty light on the tongue, so I haven't used the spring bars on the hitch. I see that there are two different types of sway controls available from Reese. One mounts on the side of the trailer frame to the hitch and is a friction control, the other (more expensive)mounts to the spring bars of the weight-distributing hitch. I don't know if I need the spring bars with this trailer, however if the dual cam sway control is superior to the friction control, I would still use them. Does anyone have experience with both? What do you recommend? Thanks in advance.

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