Eating Crow - the "new" Blue Ox Sway Pro
OK, so I will admit upfront that I was one of the first to warn people about the new design of the Blue Ox Swaypro hitch. I had tried to order the original design last year and all that was stocked w...
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Ben, just to set the record straight -- my chart and comments which you quoted above have nothing to do with your steered-axle trailer that was discussed prior to and pictured after my comments.
I see no connection whatever between the sway-control action of a WDH and the steering action of your trailer.
Also, I would like to emphasize the conclusion to my comments:
Ron
I see no connection whatever between the sway-control action of a WDH and the steering action of your trailer.
Also, I would like to emphasize the conclusion to my comments:
HOWEVER, if the WD bar trunnions were at zero tilt and assuming the same distance from bar tip to chain suspension point, the restoring force would be almost identical to (actually slightly greater than) the restoring force resulting from the tilted trunnions.
And, the difference in favor of the non-tilted trunnions will increase as the articulation increases.
So, if there is truth in the assertion that tilted trunnions will provide a measure of sway control which cannot be provided by zero-tilt trunnions, I think we have not yet found the reason.
Ron
