Hooking and unhooking anti sway devices

NewTTcamper wrote:
We are going to purchase a 29 foot travel trailer and will be installing an anti sway device. We have a 3/4 ton dodge diesel PU. When we travel, we want the ability to unhook the TT when we want to explore the areas, grocery shop etc. I have seen pics of the devices. How easy is it to reattach to these devices? It looks like you have to square up perfectly to the hitch?

You do realize, it ia NOT an anti sway devise. It is sway control. Properly setup trailer do not sway in normal driving. Sway control helps dampen sway once it has been induced. It does not prevent it.

We loved the Equalizer hitch. No need for sway bars. Easy on/off.

loulou57 wrote:
When we hook up our 27ft TT hubby and I work together.

He backs truck up to the TT

He lifts trailer with electric jack

We both put the distribution bars on, one of us on each side

He lowers trailer

We both put on the sway bars.

He hooks up electrical while I do the chains.

Done....then we check lights

We unhook everything at the campsite...just reverse.

Ours is all Husky, some don't think it is that great but it works for us, LOL

As far as fitting on a site... We are mainly in provincial parks but with our Avalanche, our 27ft, actually 31ft trailer and our 20ft boat we have managed easily to get on the site. A total of 72ft going down the road.

We do the same steps. Ours is a Reese dual cam system. We like it. Once it is set up for your TV & TT there are no adjustments to make each time you hook up. Ours has a chain adjustment, you know how many "links hang down." Just follow steps above. As said in another post, this is a WD system, NOT wimpy sway bar (for much smaller rigs)!

WyoTraveler wrote:
Not really a problem with any of the sway bars. Before unhooking use tongue jack and raise about a foot to release pressure on sway bars. Disconnect sway bars. Then lower the jack to unhook. Same way hooking up. Make sure hitch is latched. Raise jack about a foot. Connect sway bars. Then lower jack.

Unless this post is about the type of Weigh Distribution bars that include sway control (Hensley, Equalizer, etc) I think this post has to do with weight distribution bars and not sway control devices. No jacking or any other sort of lifting is involved with placing or removing "friction sway control devices". Just turn the handle until loose and lift off.

When we hook up our 27ft TT hubby and I work together.

He backs truck up to the TT

He lifts trailer with electric jack

We both put the distribution bars on, one of us on each side

He lowers trailer

We both put on the sway bars.

He hooks up electrical while I do the chains.

Done....then we check lights

We unhook everything at the campsite...just reverse.

Ours is all Husky, some don't think it is that great but it works for us, LOL

As far as fitting on a site... We are mainly in provincial parks but with our Avalanche, our 27ft, actually 31ft trailer and our 20ft boat we have managed easily to get on the site. A total of 72ft going down the road.

Equal-i-zer is top rated for the dollar. After unhooking the trailer, you can push the sway bars towards the truck's bumper and leave it attached. And a 29 foot trailer and truck is very common. No problems finding sites for this combination.

Thanks for responding so quickly! My hubby is researching all the options, but I'm looking at the logistics of reattaching these things. Any suggestions on best manufacturer of these products? BTW, how difficult to find camping sites that accommodate a long bed truck and this size of trailer in campgrounds?

Hopefully you realize that you need a weight distribution hitch (WDH). You need more than a sway bar. Most are relatively easy to remove and install but an electric tongue jack saves a lot of work.

Not really a problem with any of the sway bars. Before unhooking use tongue jack and raise about a foot to release pressure on sway bars. Disconnect sway bars. Then lower the jack to unhook. Same way hooking up. Make sure hitch is latched. Raise jack about a foot. Connect sway bars. Then lower jack.

If you're looking at Friction sway bars: Nah, you looses the crank and it releases the pressure (brake pad against the flat metal arm), and then you can slide it easily. Once in place, you tighten the crank (handle). To take off, you untighten and remove the bar.


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