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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The center of or axis of rotation are different for the tongue and
each bar. Their offsets are the distance from the ball's center line
The bar attachment to the tongue is fixed and there is compliance via
the chains. The center of that attachment is vague and needs noodling
but suffice to say it is within the chain latch assembly.
As the trailer goes off center line both bars will follow via their
attachment chain and rotation on 'their' center line
Since different center lines, those points (the attachment points on
the tongue and the bar chain attachment points) all three will swing
in an arc. The trailer moves towards the drivers side for this discussion
The passenger side will have the distance from the tongue attachment
point to bar axis of rotation increase
If the bar was fastened solidly on the tongue...it would NOT allow the
tongue to swing to the drivers side, but since attachment is via a chain,
the tongue is allowed to swing towards the drivers side
The other (drivers) side bar will reverse mirror that, as the
distance between the tongue fixation point to bar axis of rotation
will REDUCE
One bar is in tension and the other will be in compression...but they
are NOT straight, but bent
The amount of forces +/- is factored by the number of chain links,
or more accurately how much the chain will allow the bar end to move
or not move. The bar's preload will either increase or reduce...but
am having problems with that, so see last sentence
I'll let you guys hypothesize the pound forces, both push and pull on
the tongue in reference to the center line
This is part of how a WD Hitch System (traditional, non-Andersen)
sway controls. The change in bar loading is another...I think and back
to the last sentence. 'Think' in changing the WD'ing on the TV has
some effect, but not sure enough to post and get rocks tossed at me, again...
The part am having a tough time visualizing is the heat tilt and what
that does dynamically to the above {edit}...have understood how the
head tilt works for increasing the bar tension, but +/- distance and
resistance to off center tongue movements is only a few years old in
my old noggin... :B
each bar. Their offsets are the distance from the ball's center line
The bar attachment to the tongue is fixed and there is compliance via
the chains. The center of that attachment is vague and needs noodling
but suffice to say it is within the chain latch assembly.
As the trailer goes off center line both bars will follow via their
attachment chain and rotation on 'their' center line
Since different center lines, those points (the attachment points on
the tongue and the bar chain attachment points) all three will swing
in an arc. The trailer moves towards the drivers side for this discussion
The passenger side will have the distance from the tongue attachment
point to bar axis of rotation increase
If the bar was fastened solidly on the tongue...it would NOT allow the
tongue to swing to the drivers side, but since attachment is via a chain,
the tongue is allowed to swing towards the drivers side
The other (drivers) side bar will reverse mirror that, as the
distance between the tongue fixation point to bar axis of rotation
will REDUCE
One bar is in tension and the other will be in compression...but they
are NOT straight, but bent
The amount of forces +/- is factored by the number of chain links,
or more accurately how much the chain will allow the bar end to move
or not move. The bar's preload will either increase or reduce...but
am having problems with that, so see last sentence
I'll let you guys hypothesize the pound forces, both push and pull on
the tongue in reference to the center line
This is part of how a WD Hitch System (traditional, non-Andersen)
sway controls. The change in bar loading is another...I think and back
to the last sentence. 'Think' in changing the WD'ing on the TV has
some effect, but not sure enough to post and get rocks tossed at me, again...
The part am having a tough time visualizing is the heat tilt and what
that does dynamically to the above {edit}...have understood how the
head tilt works for increasing the bar tension, but +/- distance and
resistance to off center tongue movements is only a few years old in
my old noggin... :B
