Hitch SetUp Question for new TT
Hi All: Just purchased a new Jayco Eagle HT 295DBOK and am wondering if I should add a second friction bar to my WD set up. Specs are: Truck - 2017 Ram 2500, CrewCab, Diesel - 17,200# towin...
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I'm towing a similar size trailer, but am using a 1400/14000 pound 4 point Equal-i-zer WD hitch system. With such a system, you don't need a separate sway bar.
Initially, I towed this camper with an old style Reese with the torsion bars that has the chain links on the end. I used a single friction sway bar and it towed just fine. Of course, I'm also towing with a dually truck too.
The reason I ended up switching hitch systems was because the Reese was over 10 years old and this was the 3rd trailer. The last trailer was heavier than the previous 2 and I think, between age, wear and tear, and the extra weight, the actual hitch head bent downwards and then the sides where the bolts go through the shank bent in such a way that it absolutely could not tighten to straighten the whole thing out. I ended up going with the Equal-i-zer and have not regretted it since.
But, to answer your question, the single friction sway bar, on a similar size trailer as yours, served me well. Never an issue with sway.
Initially, I towed this camper with an old style Reese with the torsion bars that has the chain links on the end. I used a single friction sway bar and it towed just fine. Of course, I'm also towing with a dually truck too.
The reason I ended up switching hitch systems was because the Reese was over 10 years old and this was the 3rd trailer. The last trailer was heavier than the previous 2 and I think, between age, wear and tear, and the extra weight, the actual hitch head bent downwards and then the sides where the bolts go through the shank bent in such a way that it absolutely could not tighten to straighten the whole thing out. I ended up going with the Equal-i-zer and have not regretted it since.
But, to answer your question, the single friction sway bar, on a similar size trailer as yours, served me well. Never an issue with sway.
