Sway Bar

Originally posted by jerome 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.

In most states, anything over 3,000 lbs is required to have trailer brakes and controller. The exact weight varies a bit by state, but the 3,000 lb rule is a good rule of thumb.

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.

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.