Sway/Reece dual cam issue with a F250
Ok I just about had it with my Reece Dual cam set up. This is my second trailer with it and I've replaced 4 snap up brackets the last one being their HD version. The cam arm mount bolts stripped out...
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Your thread reminds me of what happened to me about 2-3 years ago.
I tow a Jayco 32BHDS with a Ford Excursion. The first hitch I had was a Reese dual cam with round bars, just like yours. I bent snap brackets and even a cam arm. Tore the cam arm support bolts out of the frame just like you did. Adjustments like crazy never worked. I worked with a Reese tech and I adjusted exactly as he recommended each time. Reese was great and replaced each part every time it got bent. Eventually they replaced the entire system because it was all bent up with a newer version that required holes in a different spot for the cam support bracket. Even that never worked. I threw in the towel and ended up switching to an Equal-I-zer hitch and it has towed great since the change, with only the initial setup which didn't take long at all. I did add a nut and bolt through the center of the L-bracket brackets to keep them from sliding back on the frame during real tight turns.
I think the round bar style hitch coupled up with a heavy tongue weight and bottom mounted trailer coupler is just a bad match - but that is just my opinion which is based on nothing but my experience. To me it looks like you should be done with that hitch at this point and move on so you can enjoy your vacations.
I tow a Jayco 32BHDS with a Ford Excursion. The first hitch I had was a Reese dual cam with round bars, just like yours. I bent snap brackets and even a cam arm. Tore the cam arm support bolts out of the frame just like you did. Adjustments like crazy never worked. I worked with a Reese tech and I adjusted exactly as he recommended each time. Reese was great and replaced each part every time it got bent. Eventually they replaced the entire system because it was all bent up with a newer version that required holes in a different spot for the cam support bracket. Even that never worked. I threw in the towel and ended up switching to an Equal-I-zer hitch and it has towed great since the change, with only the initial setup which didn't take long at all. I did add a nut and bolt through the center of the L-bracket brackets to keep them from sliding back on the frame during real tight turns.
I think the round bar style hitch coupled up with a heavy tongue weight and bottom mounted trailer coupler is just a bad match - but that is just my opinion which is based on nothing but my experience. To me it looks like you should be done with that hitch at this point and move on so you can enjoy your vacations.
