Good and Bad about Blue Ox Sway Pro

Francesca Knowles wrote:
A w/d hitch with chains doesn't have sway control- for that you need one like the Equalizer or Blue Ox, which has rigid bars where the chains would be.

Of course, with properly sized/inflated tires, the correct load distribution, and the correct speed one doesn't need mechanical sway controls at all!

As is well known throughout most of the trailering world EXCEPT in North America...

That is incorrect information this poster is stating. If a person is new to this whole concept of weight distribution and sway control, I would suggest you do some research on the subject, and you will come to an understanding of how all this works.

As to the BlueOx swaypro, I have the old design, and it works very well for both weight distribution and sway control. I have pulled this trailer with this truck just "on the ball" and also with the swaypro.

As far as the 'new' design, I have not used it, but what it looks like to me is they have fixed the head at about tilt angle that I chose anyway, with the old design. As for the sway control, I "think" the adjustment on mine ( old design ) was mostly a fine tuning feature. I tried it adjusted to 40 ft-lbs, 60 ft-lbs and max at 80 ft-lbs, and to be honest, I could not get it to sway at any of the settings. So I left the bolts at 80 ft-lbs and called it good.

To "test" it, I took it out on a deserted road in a local industrial park on a sunday morning. I tried, what would essentially be violent lane changes at 20, 30, 40 and 50 mph. No sway. At all. As soon as the truck and trailer were back in line, it was all rock solid. I did manage to "rearrange" a few things in the trailer doing it though.
I also found a short section of road, where I was able to drop the right side trailer wheels off the edge, and drove it back up onto the lane. Again, it just tracked back onto the road, no drama.

I feel it's a good hitch. It seems very well made, the welds are good, the hardware is grade 8 on the hitch itself.