Great to see Durangos being used to their potential!
Show 'em off ladies and gents.
Show 'em off ladies and gents.
Yup, the sway is felt even more in a Durango due to it being a unibody and not a body on frame. Unlike a truck, Trailer input is felt more pronounced because its fed directly to the Durango’s structure. As you guys are showing, the Durango is a great tower, when equipped properly.I suggest getting a sway control stabilizer bar setup. I also had to add the trailer brake controller, super easy, there is already a wire harness for it, you just buy the controller and the connector wire harness. I have a 2016 Durango R/T with the tow package so it has the hydraulic suspension. The stabilizer bar makes a huge difference. When your on the freeway going 60-65 and people blow by you and when your in heavy winds. I never had an issue with my other vehicle towing without the stabilizer setup but the Durango really benefits from it. To explain how it feels when you install it, it is like you are one big long vehicle with your trailer. When you don't have it the trailer can sway back and forth independently from the vehicle and make things feel uncomfortable in heavy winds, wind gusts or when being passed by another vehicle. The freeway is where I noticed the issue when being overtaken by another car in the lane beside you, the air the other car is pushing hit the trailer first and whipped it over then when you feel the tug of the trailer the air from the passing car hits your vehicle, so the that combined with the trailer getting push over really feels uncomfortable to you behind the wheel. I don't have any issue with that now. I have also driven in really band winds and it wasn't really bad at all. Plenty of power with the HEMI. We are coming up on our second year of ownership and still love the Durango. This is what I have towed so far:
Cruiser RV - Shadow Cruiser S20HS
Jayco 23BHM
SeaDoo Challenger 1800