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    Posted: 24 Jul 2013 at 8:06am
Originally posted by GA_RPOD_178

E2 installed today.  Big difference.  THANKS to everyone for the feedback.

The E2 is nice, I've found I can't back up my Pod without it.
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Posts: 633 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Jul 2013 at 8:19am
Originally posted by kymooses

Originally posted by GA_RPOD_178

E2 installed today.  Big difference.  THANKS to everyone for the feedback.

The E2 is nice, I've found I can't back up my Pod without it.

I never thought of this before but it makes sense. A single axle trailer is more likely to jackknife. The friction bars on the E2 provide a little resistance so the trailer does not jackknife as easily.   
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I still have a tendency to look at things from an engineering point-of-view.  I can understand the point made about jackknifing, but can't understand how this can help when backing up.  The only thing I know of that affects backing up is a change in the orientation of the hitch ball in the hitch, or to put it another way, the pivot point.  I am an old coot, so maybe someone can enlighten me.

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Posts: 633 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Jul 2013 at 11:53am
Originally posted by Sleepless

I still have a tendency to look at things from an engineering point-of-view.  I can understand the point made about jackknifing, but can't understand how this can help when backing up.  The only thing I know of that affects backing up is a change in the orientation of the hitch ball in the hitch, or to put it another way, the pivot point.  I am an old coot, so maybe someone can enlighten me.

Thanks.

Bob

As I understand it when you back a tandem axle trailer up through a curve the wheels don't all travel the same distance or follow the same arc. This provides resistance to the trailer rotating on the axles. A single axle trailer does not have this. when you are backing it up in tends to rotate on the axle . As a result it is a lot easier to jackknife a single axle trailer. The bars on the E2 provide resistance to the trailer rotating. This is why you get more sway on a single axle trailer as well. 
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