Good and Bad about Blue Ox Sway Pro
I just purchased a 2013 Cougar 32RBK travel trailer and I am towing it with a 2006 Ford F350 Crew Cab With the 6.0 Powerstroke. I am looking at getting the Blue Ox Sway Pro and would like to here the ...
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So far ( only about 10K miles ) I am not seeing any apparent wear issues where the trunnions rotate. There is a grease zerk on each trunnion. I am using the grease gun on those zerks as per the instructions, and am using an EP grease.
The brackets have not moved along the frame on the trailer tongue. I just tightened the set bolts down tight, and they have not come loose and like I said, the saddles have not moved.
Y'all made me curious what it all really weighs. I just took the scales out there. The head itself weighs 68 pounds, with of course the ball. The bars and chains weigh 12 pounds.
I too am not real impressed with the wrench they provide to turn the chain-up brackets. Since I carry a 2 foot breaker bar ( and torque wrench ) in the toolbox anyway, I just added a socket for the brackets.
EDIT: just an FYI if someone comes across and is using one of the old style heads like mine, there are four bolts on the bottom that actually capture the trunnions to the head assembly. The previously mentioned two that 'adjust' the tension for sway control, and two smaller bolts. The two smaller bolts are to have loctite applied and be torqued to 47 ft-lb. This detail was not in the original instructions that came with mine, so I emailed them to ask. They replied with a follow-up tech bulletin that gave me the spec.
The brackets have not moved along the frame on the trailer tongue. I just tightened the set bolts down tight, and they have not come loose and like I said, the saddles have not moved.
Y'all made me curious what it all really weighs. I just took the scales out there. The head itself weighs 68 pounds, with of course the ball. The bars and chains weigh 12 pounds.
I too am not real impressed with the wrench they provide to turn the chain-up brackets. Since I carry a 2 foot breaker bar ( and torque wrench ) in the toolbox anyway, I just added a socket for the brackets.
EDIT: just an FYI if someone comes across and is using one of the old style heads like mine, there are four bolts on the bottom that actually capture the trunnions to the head assembly. The previously mentioned two that 'adjust' the tension for sway control, and two smaller bolts. The two smaller bolts are to have loctite applied and be torqued to 47 ft-lb. This detail was not in the original instructions that came with mine, so I emailed them to ask. They replied with a follow-up tech bulletin that gave me the spec.
