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On a 19 LT with a 5.3, 8 sp. with the advanced trailering package does the package do anything for sway control?

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Silverados have built in trailer sway control.  If you have a sway issue, you most likely have too little truck and too much trailer.  Other issues could be too little weight on the tongue or cheap trailer tires with too much sidewall flex.  But the most common issue is too little truck pulling too much trailer.

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You need 10-15% tongue weight. What do you have? 

 

I always take my trailers to a three axle scale at a truck stop near my house and get my trailers dialed in. It's worth the $12 to get it right. Makes my towing so much nicer.

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I don't have the trailer yet and I don't foresee a problem with it , only going to be 21' and 4200 lb. dry (travel trailer). Already have a weight dist. hitch and was just trying to figure out what all of the features with the tow package were, literature that you find doesn't seem to be real clear.

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If your truck is equipped with StabiliTrak then it has the integrated trailer sway control (TSC) feature.  If you still have the window sticker, it should be listed on the left-hand side under the "Performance & Mechanical" section, separate and distinct from the "Advanced Trailering System" listing on the far right of the sticker, or at least that's how it's listed on my 2020 LT's window sticker.  The towing TSC discussion in my truck's manual (page 304) mentions that if your trailer has a built electronic sway control there could be a conflict with the truck's TSC feature.  Turning off StabiliTrak, which disables TSC as well, has it's own potential issues as well (pages 231-232).  Same potential issue if your WD hitch has built-in sway control, such as an Andersen hitch, which if memory serves me right states on their website that you should turn off/disable a tow vehicle's sway control so it doesn't compete with the hitch's sway control feature built-in with their hitch, but as previously mentioned, the owner's manual offers some cautions if you decide to turn off the truck's StabiliTrak/TSC feature.

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3 hours ago, flat350 said:

I don't have the trailer yet and I don't foresee a problem with it , only going to be 21' and 4200 lb. dry (travel trailer). Already have a weight dist. hitch and was just trying to figure out what all of the features with the tow package were, literature that you find doesn't seem to be real clear.

Something that size shouldn't give you any sway issues, as long as you have enough weight on the tongue, which shouldn't be an issue once you have propane and a battery on board.  My trailer is a little heavier and I have no sway issues.  In fact, I don't even use the sway bar that came with it, because the trailer is so rock steady.  The only thing I did was replace the cheap China bomb tires on the trailer with Goodyear Endurance tires.  I would recommend you do the same, as having a blowout on a freeway or in the middle of nowhere is no fun.  I found that out the hard way, as have many others.  

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