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Old December 17th 19, 06:01 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Eric Greenwell[_4_]
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Default trailer sway mitigation TSM

Matt Herron Jr. wrote on 12/17/2019 8:06 AM:
On Monday, December 16, 2019 at 4:43:23 PM UTC-8, JS wrote:
Good shocks seemed to have the biggest effect in my experience.
Look out when moving trailer weight forward... Never exceed the maximum tongue weight!
Jim


Also tighten up the hitch in the receiver with one of these: they take out the slop that can add to sway, and quiet down the rig

That item raised the safe towing speed about 5 mph on my Sienna minivan; raising
the van tire pressure to the value on the door sticker improved it another 3 mph.
Raising the trailer tire pressure to 10 psi over the pressure required for the
load improved it further, but I don't recall the amount it changed.

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