XXXpedition said:
i'm not an expertin this case, but would an air suspension not level it out and render this option incorrect?
and as rob mentioned, when he tied it at the axles... i'd suppose a sudden wind blowing from the side on that area of the mog would be more than enough to create a lot of movement...
btw:
i love that military mog!
IF it had air suspension it might level it but the front would still be up. It would NOT cure the fact that it was improperly set up trailer.
Weight distributing hitches (WDH) force the weight to shift onto the front axle of the tow vehicle. that causes the weight to be shared closer to equal across the axles. Even without a "Sway control" of some sort a properly set up WDH does a lot to fight sway like that guy experienced.
As an extreme example of how much transfer a hitch can make. The below vehicles were front drive. They wedged the hitch so that the trailer effectively became the back wheels of the car...and remove the rear wheels. What it proves is if the weight is excessive on the rear axle Or light on the tongue it will cause handling issues. The trailer and both axles of the car need to load the weight equally.
There is a video floating around I can't seem to find of a 1994 Doge Intrepid pulling a 34ft 8000lb Airstream through a slalom at 85kph set up by this company
http://www.can-am-rv.com/ Its quite impressive and it comes down to the hitch being set up correct for the application. Most people towing don't set up their hitches correctly and they are an accident in the making. Biggest mistake is the wrong load bars. People buy 3/4 ton vehicles then use weight bars for 1/2 ton vehicle. This seems totally backwards but the bars from a 1/2 ton application need to be stronger because they need to lift the rear of the vehicle higher to make the weight transfer. a 3/4 ton vehicle needs a lighter bar. The reason is you must always keep the bars in tension (flexed) and if you get the tow vehicle nose down (like hard braking causing nose dive) and loose tension you loose the sway control of the hitch.....at the moment you need it the most.