Boondock towing
We tow a 20' camper using a Fastway e2 WD/anti-sway hitch. I've had so much trouble with it in tight turns on steep terrain that I'm looking for a better solution. Because this isn't a long or heav...
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Minnie80525 wrote:wanderingaimlessly wrote:
Do you need the anti sway/wd bars for back roads towing? Why not take them off?
I could do that, sure. It's a pain, though, not only having to stop and jack-up the hitch, but also to stow the greasy bars. Every obvious option is already occupied.
The Fastway is very similar to the Equal-i-zer and I can understand the reluctance to stopping and removing the bars. You would have to use the tongue jack to unload the bars to allow you to swing them away from the L brackets.
As far as the greasy bars, there should be no grease on them. The grease is on the outside of the knuckle that the bars slip into, not inside the square socket. If you greased the inside of the sockets I would remove them and soak them in a solvent like mineral spirits and clean all the grease out. Then clean all the grease off the bars themselves.
When you reassemble you only grease the outside of the socket. Also never grease the L brackets.
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