Anyone else still using old style WDH.

I started in 2008 using the used Drawtite branded, Trunion style hitch with friction sway control. The trailer at the time was 26' and I assumed about 4500 lbs loaded (actually more like 5600 lbs when I weighed it the next year). I was pulling it with the Buick wagon in my signature. It pulled fine not fully loaded on the test drive after setting up the hitch. After loading up and heading north on the freeway for our first vacation with it, every car and truck was causing me to get blown around. I pulled off at the next exit and significantly tightened up the friction sway control. That seemed to cure the issue for the most part, but then it never wanted to go perfectly straight down a straight road. You didn't notice if the road was curving or while making lane changes, but when the road was perfectly straight, the friction bar would always stick just off center. I'm sure part of my problem was that the vehicle was overloaded (well under the tire loading at least) and the wagon has a huge rear overhang that would give the trailer plenty of leverage on vehicle. I did some research, bought the Reese Dual Cam system, and found that to be a huge improvement. I found that under all but the most extreme conditions, it tracked nice and straight and passing vehicles didn't bother me much at all unless we both happened to be hugging the center line. Now if I had started out with the 3/4 ton Suburban that I have now, I probably wouldn't have ever changed. I only towed that trailer once with my Suburban and I was only going 15 miles, it was getting late and I didn't take the time to set up the hitch or align the cams. It was windy and a storm was coming, but I really couldn't even feel the trailer back there. The large the trailer or more marginal the tow vehicle, the more benefit you get from upgraded hitches. I love the Dual Cam and will stick to using it. I just finished a 5300 mile trip out west with a lot of very windy conditions, and it was a pretty easy drive most of the time. The only time I felt like I was getting blown around much, I could see the semi trailers getting blown around pretty bad as well.

Still using the same old 1999 truck and camper, guess the same old WDH will be ok. We don't like changes in our cages.

My hitch is a generic version of the Reese trunion bar style with a single friction sway control bar. It's been working fine for many years, I see no reason to replace it.

I've never had a reason to change from my Reese round bar WDH bars and single friction anti-sway bar that I got with the trailer in 2003. My little trailer is barely half of my trucks rated towing capacity - so do I "need" it? Not really, but certainly makes for nice towing.

Works great, why would I change it?

I'm still using the same trunion style bars and friction sway control since 2002.

I have always and still use a reese trunion bar head and single friction sway control. I have no issues so I don't plan on changing anything.

LIKE2BUILD wrote:
I had round bars with with built in detents for cam arms and I had an old school, original style dual cam system. This was the same Dual Cam as what Reese first started selling in the '70's.

KJ

I had my first WDH like described above from 1977 (bought it used) to 1999. In 1999 I bought a new trailer. It came with a newer version of the same hitch which I still use with the rig in my signature. If it ain't broke I don't fix it and I don't replace it.

I've had the same car for thirty years and the same wife for forty... Though she punched me in the arm for sayin that! ??

If it works, why does old style matter? Technically, my old 2500HD didn't have to have a WD hitch with my old trailer to be within specs. But, as you noted, using the hitch helped with porpoising. Also, I had round bars with with built in detents for cam arms and I had an old school, original style dual cam system. This was the same Dual Cam as what Reese first started selling in the '70's. The trailer was 34' and I never had a time where I felt like it swayed, even in heavy cross winds.

For me, the old technology system worked perfect and made the trailer pull extremely well.

KJ

I'm using the same round bars since 2005 on my second trailer.

Still have the dual cam but I feel like it's old technology.
I kind of like the new Straight line hitches.