Caravan Sway with Wind Gusts

you could try this

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or check on how you have the van loaded to much weight at the back will do that
i have an 18 ft with reece hitch and mine just sits there and follows

len

Hi Dave,

You may have a problem or you may not. Out on the flat open plains the wind can be fairly howling across the road but without any trees bending over, you don't realise just how strong it is. More than once I've pulled over to check if anything's amiss with our rig when it seems to be behaving strangely, only to be just about blown over on getting out of the car. A large caravan presents a huge surface area to a cross wind so it's going to apply a lot of force. And if it's gusting, that force is coming and going. I can't see anything wrong with driving at 80km/h in a strong cross wind - it called driving to suit the conditions. We rarely travel at more than 90km/h even in ideal conditions - much better fuel economy.

That said, it might be worthwhile checking (or getting someone experienced to check) the set-up of your rig. Is the ball weight about 10% of the total loaded weight of the van? Is the H-R hitch correctly adjusted? That is, is the height above the ground of the FRONT wheel arches the same when the hitch is tensioned-up as it is before you hitch the van on? If it's higher, you have less weight on the front wheels and potentially less stability. If this is the case you need more tension on the spring bars by adjusting the ball mount cams and/or active chain length. Hope this helps.
Ian

Hi Turist

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Have a look at this link

I used the earlier model of this in Europe in 1998-2000 with great success against cross winds and gusts, as well as semi's passing at speed. In fact they can also handle a slalom situation fantastically.

I was towing a 1900kg rig over there.

Note: European vans have a very light drawbar weight sometimes less than 40kg. They balance their vans very well. We in Australia like to load the drawbar for extra stability.