Friction Sway Control Backing up and wet conditions?

[outdoors5]

I didn't realize he was towing with a 3/4 ton truck.  .

I'm pulling with the 1/2 ton version, GMC Yukon XL 1500, but it has the longer wheel base of about 130 being the XL verision.  It also has the 5.3 liter V8 engine.  

Thanks for all of the replies.  Having read them has made me more comfortable with the sway bar.  Apparently my dealer did not do a good enough job explaining it to me.

[fourgonefishn]

Alas, perhaps we worry to much.

The $100 for a friction sway bar is well spent just for the safety factor.  It works well on smaller popups.  If I was getting one of the new bemoths that weigh over 3000 pounds plus, then I would go the full route of a wdh and a good sway control.

Right now I can pull my Jayco, approximately 7500 pounds with my 2500HD without a sway control.  Pulled it over 1000 miles without sway control and it was fine.  Trailer didn't budge.  However, I spent the extra money to get the dual cam sway control just for peace of mind.

When I had my Sienna and a 12 foot Mesa, I needed a sway control and used the friction bar type.  AT 30 mph I had sway with this setup.  Obviously it was not a good match.  Sway bar took care of the problem.

Pulled a 10 foot Rockwood with a Ford Windstar.  Again, I really didn't need the sway bar as the Windstar handled it very well, but I did use one.

As has been said, just use your common sense with sway bar.  You will find that you will be able to back up in most situations without removing the bar.  Backing into sites is one of the major reasons to take it off.

Sometimes things seem a lot more complicated than they are.

 Harbor frieght has them on sale for $30.00!