Dual cam VS Equalizer...I have both
So here is my humble Opinion. I just picked up a TH that came with a the four point equalizer hitch(1200# bars)so I just used that to tow home over 300 miles and it towed great, mind you that was and ...
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Yes, DC is proactive... Equal-i-zer and friction bars are static or dumb or whatever you want to call them.
I just don't see the difference in sway control as significant . With DC The trailer will try to return to center..... or the DC arm with sheer off and potentially exacerbate the issue. IMHO DC is a volitile design that I simply can't trust with my life and the life of my kids. Is the static sway control better? No its not as far as sway control is concerned. But IMHO it is more reliable.
What I dislike about both Dual-Cam, Blue-Ox, Equal-i-zer, and the other integrated hitches is that if you have a failure (and they DO happen) you lose both WD and Sway Control. Now if you have a HD truck it may not be nearly as big a deal as if you are towing with a near capacity half ton and suddenly... uh-oh, no WD and No sway control and you may be at 60 plus mph.
However, if add on sway control fails, you don't lose WD.... or if the WD fails you don't lose Sway Control. I like the redundancy that is built into traditional WD and Friction Sway Control... I also like the fact that if something happens to my WD hitch I can remove it from the truck's receiver and pull out my 16k forged draw bar with dual friction sway mounts and keep on trucking... Can't do that with an "integrated" sway control.
Thanks
Jeremiah
Yes, DC is proactive... Equal-i-zer and friction bars are static or dumb or whatever you want to call them.
I just don't see the difference in sway control as significant . With DC The trailer will try to return to center..... or the DC arm with sheer off and potentially exacerbate the issue. IMHO DC is a volitile design that I simply can't trust with my life and the life of my kids. Is the static sway control better? No its not as far as sway control is concerned. But IMHO it is more reliable.
What I dislike about both Dual-Cam, Blue-Ox, Equal-i-zer, and the other integrated hitches is that if you have a failure (and they DO happen) you lose both WD and Sway Control. Now if you have a HD truck it may not be nearly as big a deal as if you are towing with a near capacity half ton and suddenly... uh-oh, no WD and No sway control and you may be at 60 plus mph.
However, if add on sway control fails, you don't lose WD.... or if the WD fails you don't lose Sway Control. I like the redundancy that is built into traditional WD and Friction Sway Control... I also like the fact that if something happens to my WD hitch I can remove it from the truck's receiver and pull out my 16k forged draw bar with dual friction sway mounts and keep on trucking... Can't do that with an "integrated" sway control.
Thanks
Jeremiah
