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 heavy trailer, I am considering the Anderson, but I'm open to any good solution that doesn't cause trouble in sketchy maneuvers. Any thoughts from all you boondockers?

Do you need the anti sway/wd bars for back roads towing? Why not take them off?

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.

Taking off the sway equipment is just part of going off pavement with a TT IMO. Do you need anti-sway stuff at all? What’s your TT’s loaded weight and tongue weight?

Nothing wrong purchasing the Andersen hitch if you want to go that route, we took our WD/SC bars off as well when roads were particularly rough and winding, Took just a minute or two with power jack, easy to slip in back of truck or passthrough storage, we only have minimal grease where nubs fit in head.

I always remove our sway bar when we go off the pavement -- it allows the trailer greater freedom of movement as we slowly drive through rocks and ruts. But the sway bar is very easy to remove and stow -- I am guessing that a weight distribution hitch would be much more cumbersome.

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Sandia_Man
Explorer II
Jan 24, 2021
Nothing wrong purchasing the Andersen hitch if you want to go that route, we took our WD/SC bars off as well when roads were particularly rough and winding, Took just a minute or two with power jack, easy to slip in back of truck or passthrough storage, we only have minimal grease where nubs fit in head.
Lwiddis
Explorer II
Jan 24, 2021
Taking off the sway equipment is just part of going off pavement with a TT IMO. Do you need anti-sway stuff at all? What’s your TT’s loaded weight and tongue weight?
Minnie80525
Explorer
Jan 24, 2021
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.
wanderingaimles
Explorer
Jan 24, 2021
Do you need the anti sway/wd bars for back roads towing? Why not take them off?

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