Would something like this for $45 be perfectly fine for a 15' (19' bumper to tongue) trailer, pulled by a 1/2 ton truck:Curt Manufacturing 17200 Sway Control Kithttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HLO7QA/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DERAre the $250+ with the spring rods worth getting?Should EVERYONE have sway control? Why isn't it standard?

That is a sway control kit, as you said.....The thing with the spring bars is a weight distributing hitch. It reduces the tongue weight on your hitch, helps your trailer ride more levelBy rights, you should nave both

I used the cheap ones for years on my travel trailers.

johnnylawless wrote:Would something like this for $45 be perfectly fine for a 15' (19' bumper to tongue) trailer, pulled by a 1/2 ton truck:Curt Manufacturing 17200 Sway Control Kithttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HLO7QA/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DERAre the $250+ with the spring rods worth getting?Should EVERYONE have sway control? Why isn't it standard?Clicky

@gbopp, I'm an IT guy I should have done that haha, thanks for the assist.I think I get it, the sway bar is for left to right, and the spring rods are for front to back?Didn't realize the spring bars reduced load. Is it a fair statement to say sway control and weight distribution save fuel?

That setup would be fine for your trailer. I used something similar with Reese friction sway control on my old 25ft trailer for about 9 years and it worked fine.

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gbopp
Explorer
Aug 26, 2014
johnnylawless wrote:
Would something like this for $45 be perfectly fine for a 15' (19' bumper to tongue) trailer, pulled by a 1/2 ton truck:

Curt Manufacturing 17200 Sway Control Kit
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HLO7QA/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Are the $250+ with the spring rods worth getting?

Should EVERYONE have sway control? Why isn't it standard?

Clicky
rugermark2
Explorer
Aug 26, 2014
I used the cheap ones for years on my travel trailers.
poncho62
Explorer
Aug 26, 2014
That is a sway control kit, as you said.....

The thing with the spring bars is a weight distributing hitch. It reduces the tongue weight on your hitch, helps your trailer ride more level

By rights, you should nave both

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