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Re: ? Tail-Heavy Trailer Sway
"Nehmo" <nehmo54@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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: "Pull-behind" trailers are trailers that connect to the tow vehicle by
: a ball (or other attaching arrangement) on the back of tow vehicle and
: a trailer hitch on the tongue attached to the front of the frame of the
: trailer. If the trailer is improperly-loaded into a tail-heavy
: condition (in other words, the center of gravity is to the rear of the
: center of the axles) arrangement, it will sway from side to side. But
: why? Why would tail-heavy conditions cause such behavior? The weight on
: the tongue would be negative, but I still can't understand the swaying
: mechanism.
Because the majority of the weight is behind the center of gravity and it's
attempting to get to the front because it's smart enough to know that's
where it belongs :-)
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