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Comment by Leah on September 24, 2013 at 8:49pm

Tim,

  I follow you...absolutely. In my Trailblazer I have a braking system, but not in the Flex. Do you think this made a difference? I used the braking system in the Trailblazer for my 26' footer. I drove from South Carolina (home) to here where I live in Washington, have gone all over around here to Idaho and Oregon and to Alaska and back on the Alcan....so I have quite a bit of experience driving with trailers....I'm still in awe...she is sitting next to my driveway totaled as I'm waiting on the insurance company....Ughhghghgghhg.....sigh!

Comment by Tim Dailey on September 24, 2013 at 7:29pm

No good ideas, just some thoughts.   How much weight you have on your hitch is really important.   If you get the load wrong (too much stuff in the rear), it will cause the tongue to get light resulting in trailer sway.  Over loaded radials will also cause sway.   Also for the folks who haven't experienced sever sway, speeding up sometimes will allow you to regain control.   Trying to abruptly slow down usually makes things worse, so its best to slowly slow down, if that makes sense.   The folks with trailer brakes can manually apply a little trailer brake and pull the sway out too.

Comment by Leah on September 24, 2013 at 12:25am

Directly on the tongue was 2 small propane tanks...that's it. You have any ideas?

Comment by Tim Dailey on September 23, 2013 at 9:02pm

Just out of curiosity, how much tongue weight do you think you had when you left for the trip? 

Comment by Leah on September 23, 2013 at 8:34pm

Pat, I keep trying to wrap my head around it and all of it just doesn't make sense. Going back and forth with insurance company now. *SIGH* I'd rather have our trailer back!