Tail Wagging the Dog Issue
On a recent trip, I had one fairly serious tail Wagging the Dog incident. After exiting one Interstate onto another and after going around a large curve to the merging area, I encountered a lot of tra...
Forum Discussion
RobWNY wrote:
What about Hensley, ProPride and the other hitch manufacturers that guarantee to eliminate sway. I realize when I bought my camper I received the basic hitch setup which is obsolete and I know the ones I mentioned are pricey but many people swear by them. Does sway happen with those setups also from time to time or are they really as good as the hype and worth the money they want for them? I would hate to go spend a bunch of money on one of those hitches only to learn that sway happens with them too. I just want to travel down the highway without being nervous all the time and reduce or eliminate white knuckle experiences.
To answer your question, YES, they work as advertised and they are worth the money. BUT there are only two hitches that use the 4-bar linkage to truly eliminate sway: Hensley and ProPride. I nave seen other ads for hitches that "guarantee to eliminate sway", but anything else besides these two uses some sort of a friction system. Some are better than others, but the true towing stars are the Hensley and ProPride.
I agree that your tongue weight may be light at 11% and a new hitch will solve that, the 4-bar linkage is indifferent to tongue weight, ie., it doesn't rely on a heavy tongue to stop the TT from swaying.
Save your money on the LT tires, air bags and whatever else folks are telling you spend your $$ on. If you are within the ratings on the truck, even if you are at the max, the HA or PP will deliver a smooth sway-free towing experience. Then when you are ready to upgrade the truck, you won't have a lot of cash tied up in bolt-ons. Now if you are due for tires anyway, then I would say consider getting LT's, but I wouldn't run out and buy new tires to fix a sway issue.
I tow the TT in my sig at 70 mph all day long with one finger on the steering wheel. Wind, rain, uneven pavement, passing semis, nothing makes the TT unstable. I bought the HA in 2002 because of the relatively short wheelbase on the burb relative to the 34' trailer. The only thing I didn't like about the HA is the price, but you can find good deals on used ones if you look around.
