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Originally Posted by macafee2
Sort of, My thinking is that it does not matter how heavy the tow vehicle is, the caravan can still swing even if the tow vehicle does not sway
macafee2
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I would say it would still swing yes, but I also think that the tow car will feel it, no matter how big it was. The suspension initially will be what dampens the effect on the tow car, with the mass of the tow car only coming into effect once its suspension has reached maximum effect.
The more it swings too, the more the tow vehicle will be effected by it. It is a pendulum effect. The caravan as it is connected to a a single point (the tow ball) in a three plane fulcrum, will always have the potential to swing, and bounce.
Also the wider the arc, the stronger it becomes against the tow car, think of it in terms of how a breaker bar works.