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Steve Milby
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Initially Posted - 09/04/2021 :  06:43:41  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

Here's a link to an excellent explanation of the causes of trailer sway, with demonstrations of various remedies. It's well worth your time.

The only thing he leaves out is the overall recommendation that trailer tongue weight should be no less than 10% and no more than 15% of gross trailer weight. (He included that in a separate video.)

https://youtu.be/JeEEC5eVNCk
Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 09/04/2021 :  07:28:49  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Very interesting, Steve. I wish that I had seen that before I towed TSU for the 1st time (from San Antonio to Lake Cheney in Kansas for the Nationals)
Derek Crawford
Chief Measurer C25-250 2008
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1981 C-25 TR/FK #2262 Used to have an '89 C22 #9483, "Downsized"
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 09/04/2021 :  08:01:41  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This video is about towing trailers, but the same principles apply to loading a pickup truck. I drove a small Ford Ranger with a heavy auto engine loaded too far back in the bed. The rear squatted down and it took too much weight off the front wheels, and it was very squirrely to steer, but it was "manageable" as long as I kept the speed down.

I posted this because it explains things of that nature that I never fully understood.
Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
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