Equalizer and sway?

[Long Islander]

Anyone have any tips on stopping the sway I'm expierencing.

35 ft camper
9000 pounds
2010 Cummins 4.10s

I have Hellwig rear bars as well.

 

[smurfs_of_war]

Load her heavier in the nose, check your tire pressures are my first thoughts. You have an anti-sway weight distribution hitch? Trailer level or slightly nose down?

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[audio1der]

As mentioned above, I'd measure to make sure you're at least level, if a touch nose down when fully loaded.
Also, take it across a free scale to see what the tongue weight is (drive across, get rear axle weight, then go across again without trailer, subtract difference between the 2) and make sure the tongue is 10-15% of the loaded trailer weight.
If the tongue is sufficient and you're using a WD hitch, are your WD bars about level with the ground once hooked up? You may just need to tweak the setup. Most RV dealers don't know any more than any of us, and will get it just good enough to get you out of their hair, but not ideally set.
Another trick is to fill the fresh tank as that is almost always near the front.
let us know how it goes!

 

[whatroads]

You might have to move the bolts, on either side, to add more pressure to the tension bars. To get my Equalizer tension bars in place I have to use the pry tool proved by Equalizer. Even with the trailer attached to the hitch and raising the trailer via the hand crank I still have to use the provided pry tool to get the bars in place. if you can crank up your trailer, and put the tension bars in place by hand, you may not have enough pressure on the bars. You should hear a very audible "snap" as the bars move into place off the pry tool

If you are not nose down, or at least level, you might adjust the Equalizer ball height. I used the same Equalizer hitch when I moved from a 2500 to a 1500. I had to lower the hitch ball height to get things right

Before you ask, I did not need the 2500 for my trailer. I simply wanted one. When I traded to my newer 1500 I got the HD tow group package

 

[PippinAin'tEasy]

How fast are you driving? Sounds kind of stupid, I know, but I consistently go from no sway @ 63 to instant sway @ 67. Test the numbers every time I go out. Hasn't changed in 6 hauls so far. I'd personally go with Smurf and Audio first.

 

[TRCM]

You also didn't mention the truck body........if it is a RCSB, then that may be your issue, but if it's a crewcab longbed, maybe not.

35' is a lot of trailer (swept area) for a regular sized P/U truck. I'd prefer a dually for that size, or at least the longer wheelbase versions of the single rear wheel.

There is a big difference in how well a RCSB vs a CCLB vs a CCLBDW will handle/control sway

 

[loveracing1988]

You also didn't mention the truck body........if it is a RCSB, then that may be your issue, but if it's a crewcab longbed, maybe not.

35' is a lot of trailer (swept area) for a regular sized P/U truck. I'd prefer a dually for that size, or at least the longer wheelbase versions of the single rear wheel.

There is a big difference in how well a RCSB vs a CCLB vs a CCLBDW will handle/control sway

The 2500s do not come shorter than a regular cab long lox.

 

[TRCM]

The 2500s do not come shorter than a regular cab long lox.

Ok, didn't know that.,..I've only had 1500 & 3500's

Still, the point I was trying to make is the longer wheelbase is better at dealing with sway from a big trailer.

 

[Long Islander]

I will raise up the right and left side of the brackets to add more pressure and report back

 

[DHDB]

IMHO For a trailer that long you will need a better hitch. A hitch with built-in sway control. The Equalizer 4pt hitch made by Progressive Mfg or Reece Dual Cam w/ sway control. Both hitches are very good hitches. They combine weight distribution and sway control in 1. I personally use the Equalizer. I feel it is easier to set-up than the Reece.

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[RamRodRic]

raising the brackets is one way to do it...in giant steps.
how many washers do you have on the little pin for head tilt angle? thats whats used for fine tuning the tension bar pressure. iirc, you should start with 5 and go up or down from there as needed. 1 washer makes quite a noticeable difference. add 1 for more weight distribution, subtract 1 for less.
don't lube the L brackets may help...just let her squeal on slow, sharp turns.

 

[sandawilliams]

Anyone have any tips on stopping the sway I'm expierencing.

35 ft camper
9000 pounds
2010 Cummins 4.10s

I have Hellwig rear bars as well.

Check out these hitch setup sites. You need at least 10% trailer weight on your tow vehicle. In 30 years of towing every type of trailer with all types of tow vehicles I have never had a sway problem so I would say you don't have the correct hitch weight or your trailer is so out of balance due to improper weight loading that you need to shift some weight around.
Hope this helps

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