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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Ron3rd wrote:
The one thing I don't understand about the Blue Ox Pro is how the sway control is supposed to work; does it use friction points in the hitch head like the Equalizer?
No, it uses the caster affect of the having the bars pivots tilted way down downwards the ground. You could achieve the same effect in traditional hitches by mounting the hitch head all the way at its extreme.
Does it control sway as much as other designs? I'm not so sure. I do get the bow-wave effect more than I did with my Reese or Hensley. But I've never gotten sway in the 4,000+ miles i've used my blue-ox. I like the ride and lack of noise, along with the easy setup (vs the Reese, which sometimes required re-aligning the cams with carrying loads) so I'm happy.
BTW - the hitch head has grease zerks on the bar end pivots, to remove any friction. It becomes very noisy if you run too long without new grease.
