Hi Willem, Whilst a rear view camera can be very helpful, if you legally need towing mirrors and cannot use a camera as a replacement.

As speed increases, stability decreases so you really ought to ease off the accelerator and apply the trailer brakes to bring trailer sway under control.

@@rvSafe if you go down hill you may have to wait for terrain change with these

Don't worry about that they will be gone when diesels and petrol fuel is stopped sooner than you think and also motorhomes - the 15 minute rule is almost upon us and already cars being banned from entering cities.

no worry...I know somebody who motored around the continent off-loading restaurants of that french fry fuel he'd converted the engine of his TRUSTWORTHY fifth wheel to be sipping ;)

he did end up stinking like what you old worlders must call "chippy"

Hi Barry - when I try to explain how a sway starts and how to stop it - it is falling on deaf ears almost all will not admit they experience snake all the time and just clench their bums and slow down to silly speeds in case others accuse them poor driving, speeding or loading. If you ask many they will say they do all the recommended things and still get bad sway. This is because the advice is wrong and until that is recognised the solution will never get out.

Ron I have hung two electric bikes on the rear of my Bailey Pageant Imperial for the last 10 years and 35,000 miles along the busiest autoroutes in France through the Pyrenees in all weathers and traffic densities with total confidence and as an Engineer I can cover pendulums and SHM if you like. see above comment.

@@Cruner62 you have been lucky

@@philbarnett9274 I can assure you luck is not the answer the definition of luck is when preparation meets opportunity and I have a system fitted that prevents snaking (uncontrolled sway) that many people believe is something that there is no problem that needs fixing, and I can prove this without any doubt that there are myths abounding that needs removing if any action is to be taken. Now I had stopped trying to get the industry to listen for years but have made an attempt to try again but I can see it is not going to work so I give up and will just watch as the incidents keep occurring caused by people like you. I can say without question that most caravan users experience sway every time they set out so the drive around at 50mph clinching their bottoms when/ if they overtake a truck and this need not be so. With a proactive control system it is like driving the vehicle with confidence like the modern braking systems offer.

@@Cruner62 after years caravanning and my job of picking vehicles up nationwide on trailers towing with a number of 4x4 tow vehicles working for a Ferrari dealer had I loaded up a rear engine car forward on my trailer it would have been a disaster waiting to happen It’s strange it’s just you who seems to have the opinion it’s ok I repeat you have been lucky

@@philbarnett9274 Hi Phil Let me explain when you loaded the trailer with the car having a rear engine then that is the reason why it would have been a bad thing to do since the weight would not be distributed on the whole length of the trailer, however if you still had a positive load on the ball up to the maximum the tow bar would allow then that would be ok and as good as it gets without a proactive anti sway in place - you are missing my point. If you understood beams a loads you would know the rules. "Clockwise moments = Anticlockwise moments" to work out with formulae where the axle pivot should be placed as Engineers like myself would have done when they built the trailer. I recognise your wealth of driving experience but like many don't understand engineering practices. If the overhang aft of the axle seems too long it will be for what the trailer was designed to carry ie if it was an artic the axles always seem to have a longer overhang aft of the axles but that is because it was designed to carry pallets evenly along the whole length of the trailer where some of the load is taken by the tractor unit. If you still need answers please reply.

Ralphie’s in the matrix!

it truly is

drem msak

:-) Is your caravan so dirty?

I suggest you get out more. They are common.

@@aj-qj4lt This is where trucks and caravans differ - a truck and drag as we call them in the UK has a few variations one with a simple pin and yolk some have a 5th wheel turntable, however the weights and mass make sway almost an impossible event as long as the trailer is unloaded first and almost all will have air operated brake systems with ABS incorporated on both truck and trailer. Artics have a separate control valve to act as an emergency brake feature - it is not intended to stop any "sway" because that will never occur, what can occur is jack knife created when/if the trailer brakes fail and the secondary emergency system also fails.

Hi! Of course we have, but for the purpose of this video we decided to keep it simple to avoid confusion. We do mentioned load distribution in another of our animations. For more detailed information, you can visit our website! The rvSafe Team

LMFAO 🤣

tooo right,that mother is so hot

In my days, we were told not to go over 88mph, we might find ourselves doing our vacation in another time.

Warren you are almost there on some parts - Loads should be spread evenly over the full length of the floor front to rear with a positive bias over the nose to the maximum tow bar allowance -. the trailer brakes should never be applied when the trailer is on the return stroke since it will add impetus on the return to equilibrium resulting in the kinetic energy going over centre, here is the algorithm "Apply a force equal and opposite at or before the centre of equilibrium" by applying a braking force only to the "accelerating" wheel not the decelerating one. This can never be achieved manually since there is a risk of wheel lock and then jack knife unless ABS is involved on each wheel. Only one system can achieve this on overrun brakes "Differential Stability"(c) in combination of a double acting hydraulic damper. If ya need more proof ask away I will be pleased to help you if you can follow technical solutions. I would be delighted to go head to head with you to prove that this is the way to go. I am a qualified Transport Engineer of 40 years Experience. This system removes the bum clenching when overtaking a truck.

Hi Colin, we are referring to the Australian Design Rules which are enforced through legislation. The Australian Design Rules state weights limits as specified by the manufacturer.

@@rvSafe Someone needs to educate Subaru Aust. because they don't have a clue.