Pictures of tow vehicles and trailers

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   My first suggestion is to weigh your trailer and tongue. You want the tongue weight to be greater than 10% of total trailer weight, preferably 11-12% or more if your tow vehicle can tolerate it. That will reduce sway tendency. 
Then, you can get a friction bar  for sway control, no need to change out the whole weight distribution hitch. That's what I use. 

https://www.etrailer.com/Accessories-and-Parts/Curt/17200.html

But, the way to think of sway control is as suspenders. The belt is getting the trailer front/rear weight distribution correct so you don't have any sway tendency to begin with. Like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2fkOVHAC8Q

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offgrid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290	Post Options Post Reply Quote offgrid Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Pictures of tow vehicles and trailers Posted: 07 Jul 2020 at 2:47pm
	My first suggestion is to weigh your trailer and tongue. You want the tongue weight to be greater than 10% of total trailer weight, preferably 11-12% or more if your tow vehicle can tolerate it. That will reduce sway tendency. Then, you can get a friction bar for sway control, no need to change out the whole weight distribution hitch. That's what I use. https://www.etrailer.com/Accessories-and-Parts/Curt/17200.html But, the way to think of sway control is as suspenders. The belt is getting the trailer front/rear weight distribution correct so you don't have any sway tendency to begin with. Like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2fkOVHAC8Q
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James07 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 19 Feb 2020 Location: Sacramento Online Status: Offline Posts: 19	Post Options Post Reply Quote James07 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jul 2020 at 2:36pm
	First tow and ran into 12 to 15 MPH wind. Some wiggle, but not bad sway. Using a Curt weight distribution hitch without sway control. Looking for a new hitch with sway control. Suggestions ??

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	I think I did it! I tried again using the Imgur app and it added the .jpeg extension today, whereas yesterday it didn’t for some reason.

Prestone Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 26 Jul 2019 Location: Conroe, TX Online Status: Offline Posts: 14	Post Options Post Reply Quote Prestone Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jan 2020 at 2:18pm
	I tried Imgur as well with no luck. Every link I try is without an extension. Any suggestions for other photos hosting sites that have been used with success? So I don’t have to learn to host my own pics.

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	Images will not post unless they have the actual file extension of an "image". Things that work are .jpg or .png or the like. Google photos, and others don't put an extension on it so this board does not recognize it as an image.
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Prestone Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 26 Jul 2019 Location: Conroe, TX Online Status: Offline Posts: 14	Post Options Post Reply Quote Prestone Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jan 2020 at 10:18am
	I’m posting the link exactly as you described. The problem may be with the way I’m copying the link from google and Flickr. Or maybe the file size? Right now the image I’m trying to post is les than 400 kB. I’ll spend some more time troubleshooting this evening maybe.