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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Topic: Sway Bar Posted: 03 Apr 2018 at 6:59am |
+1 - what I use.
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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GlueGuy
Senior Member Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2649 |
Posted: 02 Apr 2018 at 9:58pm |
If you just want anti-sway, the general solution is an anti-sway bars like this. OTOH, there are a few Weight distribution hitches like the Fastway E2 that incorporate anti-sway along with the WDH function.
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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Massucci1
Newbie Joined: 01 Apr 2018 Location: Ohio Online Status: Offline Posts: 12 |
Posted: 02 Apr 2018 at 7:40pm |
We had a lot of plain open land driving home with lots of wind and being my first time towing anything. We had a little sway but nothing crazy, what simple easy anti sway bar does anyone have or recommend one specifically if I want one?
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TheBum
Senior Member Joined: 26 Feb 2016 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 1407 |
Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 11:07am |
You can minimize sway by front-loading the R-Pod, keeping extra weight behind the axle to a minimum. Sway bars do have drawbacks: they limit the jackknife angle when backing up, so they should be removed in that case. My wife managed to rip the bracket off the A-frame because she forgot to remove the sway bar we had before backing up.
We really like the Fastway E2 WDH we use now because the sway bars are built into the weight distribution system and do not have the angle limitations that a regular sway bar does. |
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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod" 2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4 Three cats |
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 25 Mar 2018 at 10:10am |
Here is a good link/source, which breaks down laws by states. https://drivinglaws.aaa.com/
IMHO - YES, you need a brake controller. |
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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GlueGuy
Senior Member Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2649 |
Posted: 25 Mar 2018 at 9:47am |
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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Tars Tarkas
Senior Member Joined: 14 Jan 2013 Location: Near Nashville Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Posted: 24 Mar 2018 at 8:37pm |
Aside from the fact that at least in most states brakes are required by law for trailers over a certain weight (pods qualify), they are just about the best thing you can have! Even with an F-150, without trailer brakes you could easily be pushed into a rear-ender. The brakes make the Pod disappear when you are stopping.
I towed my Pod home without brakes the day I bought it from a private party. I've hauled trailers all my life. It scared the crap out of me a couple of times. There was a guy in high school who drove his car without brakes. He'd downshift and slow down enough to finally catch a little bit of reverse. As far as I can recall, he got away with that until he got his brakes fixed. It's possible to do with a car or trailer, but only until you have an accident, which will be inevitable. TT |
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4516 |
Posted: 24 Mar 2018 at 7:59pm |
Yes we have a brake controller. I think it s a must. here if a trailer has electric brakes, you have to use them.
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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jerome
Newbie Joined: 19 Mar 2018 Location: hailey, idaho Online Status: Offline Posts: 15 |
Posted: 24 Mar 2018 at 7:48pm |
Thanks Leo, Do you have a brake controller? My dealer said he did not want me to leave the lot without one. I was under the impression that for a single axle trailer of that weight, I did not need one. Thanks, Jerome
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jato
Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3252 |
Posted: 23 Mar 2018 at 4:07pm |
We have towed our 177 with a "94 F-150, and '08 Explorer and currently 1 '13 Explorer. Never used one with the F-150, and never sensed a need for one. However with both our Explorer's we have used a sway bar, lighter vehicle and shorter wheelbase. First time we towed with our '08 Explorer we couldn't go faster than 45 w/o a significant amount of sway. Granted we had a good 20 mph crosswind but that is to be expected while traveling somewhere along the line.
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God's pod
'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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