Towing Question

[DF5.4]

This is another site with good information.
www.etrailer.com


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[XLTExpoGuy2010]

Thanks guys going to be doing some reading up so I can understand it better!

 

[Bedrck47]

would it be possible for you to rent a travel trailer for a weekend take the family camping and see how the expy does towing

 

[DF5.4]

would it be possible for you to rent a travel trailer for a weekend take the family camping and see how the expy does towing

As long as you can find a place that will work with you setting up the WD.


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[XLTExpoGuy2010]

I don't have my own personal family just yet, but I found a place that we have looked at travel trailers before and it seems like they'll help us set up a WD hitch and everything. It's a one stop shop kind of place they sell brake controllers, WD hitches and more. I already plan to have my brake controller though just hope they will help me set up my WD hitch which I think they will.

 

[Bedrck47]

you may want to look at some videos on youtube about setting up a WD hitch etc.

 

[XLTExpoGuy2010]

So that I can set it up myself instead of having someone else do it? I read a very informative article on how to find out the tongue weight.

 

[XLTExpoGuy2010]

Well guys, looks like I'm going to be a trailer owner before I thought today my wife went and looked at a few and saw some she really liked, but tomorrow there's supposed to be one better coming in so tomorrow may be an owner of a travel trailer super pumped right now!

 

[XLTExpoGuy2010]

Well guys my wife and mother in law got in at midnight last night with the trailer, my wife told me the truck pulled it fine with no struggle. I will take a picture when I get off and post it, its a 30ft Jay Flight believe the weight is 7,000lbs and wife also said it hardly swayed.

 

[Bedrck47]

Don't get over confident about sway.

Did you have sway control on the trailer?

 

[XLTExpoGuy2010]

That I'm not sure I know the truck does, but regardless my wife and I are going to get some sway bars for it

 

[Bedrck47]

well if you are saying "my wife and I are going to get some sway bars for it"
Then I would most likely say that she was towing it without sway control.

And I wonder how you know the truck has sway control as sway control is the bars you add to the hitch.
I think you are referring to the equalizing bars which attach to the hitch head
a sway bar also attaches to the hitch head via a small ball and attaches to another small ball mounted on the side of the trailers A-Frame

 

[Bedrck47]

Pro Series Weight Distribution System w Friction Sway Control - Round - 10,000 lbs GTW, 1,000 lbs TW Pro Series Weight Distribution PS49903

Pro Series Friction Sway Control Kit - Economy - by Draw-Tite, Reese and Hidden Hitch Pro Series Weight Distribution 83660

 

[XLTExpoGuy2010]

When I went to the ford iris I think it is, it was an option that was added because it showed sway control. Unless there's a specific way to turn it on?

 

[Bedrck47]

look at the second link I posted that is what a sway control unit looks like although there are other types of sway control

 

[XLTExpoGuy2010]

Oh okay, and besides a WD hitch would that be the next best route to go?

 

[Bedrck47]

you need the WD hitch plus the sway control look at the first link as that is the WD plus sway, set up complete

 

[XLTExpoGuy2010]

Okay thank you so much.

Well as promised here's a picture of our trailer. I'll get one of it hooked up when I leave for the next job.

 

[hutchnate]

Hurry up and tell how towing is!

I have a 2006 King Ranch 4x2 with 3.31 ratio. I'm about to buy a Outback Terrain 210TRS 22' 4700lbs TT. Dealer is installing WD w/ sway bars hitch, 7pin w/ for electric brakes with controller. Freaked out i'm gonna burn up my truck but what I read on here I should be okay.

 

[XLTExpoGuy2010]

Yes you'll be fine, I didn't physically pull mine but my wife said it pulled it fine with no issues.