Towing dilemma!! major trailer sway

Load the blue Quad closest to the tongue, and put the bigger quads over the axles. Looks like your tongue weight might be too much as its loaded right now. WDH will help.

 

That looks really good, but I’m guessing you have too much tongue weight for a Taco. Possibly look at switching up the loading order.

Edit. ^Mike was typing the same thing as I was.

 

Im glad the two of you bring this up. I was always told to load all the heaviest things forward the axle with the old trailer i used (12’ single axle same type). You think the blue one should go first which is the lightest one?

 

If you have a bad ass truck, plenty of tongue weight is great. Hauling a really heavy trailer with lots of tongue weight with a Tacoma is bad. The general consensus is that 10% of the trailer weight should be on the ball. A little more than 10% is OK. You probably have 20% or more. Go to a weigh station that’s not being used. Weigh the trailer by itself. Then weigh the tongue weight. Juggle things around till you get it right. Just don’t try to load or unload without the trailer attached to the truck.

 

I wonder how much the quads, bike, and trailer weigh? What's max towing for a Tacoma 6000 pounds? Im gonna go ahead and say that is a hefty load for a Tacoma. Can it do it yeah. Is it ideal maybe not. I have a 14 foot I pulled with my 4cylinder a few times and it didn't like it too much haha. It didn't like my 5x8 trailer too much either tbh.

I agree though too much tongue weight. I would try to put the big quads over the trailer axles. Put the little one upfront and leave the bike at the back.

 

Just something to check. Looks like your shackle flipped.

 

So i did notice this situation, but i figured it was because of my driveway being on an incline. I will have to check when its hooked and on flat service. I am going to purchase a WDH as well as trying to load the blue machine first which is considerably lighter then the other two. If the blue one is first, all the weight, 80% or more will still be on or forwards if the rear axle on the trailer.
Very appreciative of all your imput from everyone here. I love my taco and want to get this straightened out rather then going back to a 1/2 ton

 

I'll recommend an Anderson No Sway hitch. WD hitch with anti+sway properties built into it. Easy to set up, easy to use, excellent customer service.

 

Switch the blue atv with the first one on the trailer and you should be balanced pretty close. If you had an adjustable ball set up like an Andersen , you could fine tune it even better yet.