I have spent countless hours going over the threads here regarding WDH setups. I just picked up a new to me camper. The camper is 30' and GVWR is 6500. Most, if not all, of our camping trips are less than 200 miles from our house. We are weekend warriors, and head out about once a month on our camping trips. With all that being said, I am trying to narrow down the best hitch for the money, and for my needs. I picked the camper up over the past weekend, and towed it on just the ball. The ride home was all highway, and was about 150 miles. I stayed under 60, and had little to no sawy at all. I am was very surprised. I am kind of thinking a simple round bar setup with friction sway is all I need. There is a side of me that is saying to buy the Andersen Setup. I like the setup and sleek design. Thoughts?

200 miles or 2,000 miles accidents, sways happens, that said regardless what WHD you decide to get just make sure it's adquite for your setup, there are all kinds of WHD on the market they are all good, some better than others but they all work.

Assuming that you're towing with the Durango in your sig., yes you really need a WDH. Since you've chosen a pretty long trailer to pull behind your short WB tow vehicle you should consider a real sway control hitch setup like the Hensley. The Durango can handle the TT weight but I normally advise not going longer than 25/26 ft. And have you checked your Durango Weight - GVWR to make sure you can handle the tongue weight?

Best bang for the buck will be a hitch with built in sway control. You're going to want/need it when towing with a short wheel base SUV.The Anderson has good reviews for its light weight and ease of use with smaller, lighter, trailers. Biggest complaint I see is people having trouble distributing weight with heavier trailers. What you're looking at might be pushing it.The most popular would be the Equil-i-zer and Reese dual cam. Either would suit your needs for reasonable money.

I have a standard round bar WD hitch from Pro Series. My bars are 550 lb bars. The Pro Series were the only 550 lb bars I could find. Also, I prefer round bar over trunnion bar. I have had both and feel that the tapered bar of the round bar hitch rides a little softer. I prefer add on sway control and do not personally consider integrated sway control an upgrade. Not throwing down on it or trying to be ugly but there are circumstances where I don't want sway control (gravel roads, icy conditions, etc.) Plus, $250.00 ish for a hitch is hard to beat... here is an example linkPro Series 750 Lb Round BarThanks!Jeremiah

I have an Equalizer hitch and it works very well. But I really like the design and features of the Blue Ox Swaypro and may eventually get one. I suggest that you buy a hitch that allows backing up...some require removing sway bars or chains before backing up.

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icanon
Explorer
Feb 23, 2016
200 miles or 2,000 miles accidents, sways happens, that said regardless what WHD you decide to get just make sure it's adquite for your setup, there are all kinds of WHD on the market they are all good, some better than others but they all work.
sch911
Explorer
Feb 23, 2016
Assuming that you're towing with the Durango in your sig., yes you really need a WDH. Since you've chosen a pretty long trailer to pull behind your short WB tow vehicle you should consider a real sway control hitch setup like the Hensley. The Durango can handle the TT weight but I normally advise not going longer than 25/26 ft. And have you checked your Durango Weight - GVWR to make sure you can handle the tongue weight?
camp-n-family
Explorer
Feb 23, 2016
Best bang for the buck will be a hitch with built in sway control. You're going to want/need it when towing with a short wheel base SUV.

The Anderson has good reviews for its light weight and ease of use with smaller, lighter, trailers. Biggest complaint I see is people having trouble distributing weight with heavier trailers. What you're looking at might be pushing it.

The most popular would be the Equil-i-zer and Reese dual cam. Either would suit your needs for reasonable money.
jerem0621
Explorer II
Feb 23, 2016
I have a standard round bar WD hitch from Pro Series. My bars are 550 lb bars. The Pro Series were the only 550 lb bars I could find.

Also, I prefer round bar over trunnion bar. I have had both and feel that the tapered bar of the round bar hitch rides a little softer.

I prefer add on sway control and do not personally consider integrated sway control an upgrade. Not throwing down on it or trying to be ugly but there are circumstances where I don't want sway control (gravel roads, icy conditions, etc.)

Plus, $250.00 ish for a hitch is hard to beat... here is an example link

Pro Series 750 Lb Round Bar

Thanks!

Jeremiah
scbwr
Explorer II
Feb 24, 2016
I have an Equalizer hitch and it works very well. But I really like the design and features of the Blue Ox Swaypro and may eventually get one. I suggest that you buy a hitch that allows backing up...some require removing sway bars or chains before backing up.
BarneyS
Explorer III
Feb 24, 2016
scbwr wrote:
I have an Equalizer hitch and it works very well. But I really like the design and features of the Blue Ox Swaypro and may eventually get one. I suggest that you buy a hitch that allows backing up...some require removing sway bars or chains before backing up.

I am not aware of any hitch that requires the removal of chains before backing up. In addition, the only kind of sway bar that sometimes needs removal in certain conditions before backing up is the standard friction sway control that is added on and is really not a part of the hitch itself. Even they do not need removal if installed correctly and the trailer is not jacknifed when backing up.
Barney

This is what it looks like.
scbwr
Explorer II
Feb 24, 2016
I was actually referring to the Pro Series hitch mentioned in the previous post. I was curious about a $150 hitch and looked it up and saw in the description the warning about backing up.

Copied from the Etrailer.com website:

Note: This weight-distribution system cannot be used on trailers with surge brakes. The sway control must be removed when you are going in reverse.
BarneyS
Explorer III
Feb 24, 2016
My comments pertain to that hitch also. E-trailer is a great retailer but sometimes their copy writers get a bit carried away and give out information that is not exactly correct. I would be very leary of using them as a resource for "facts". Besides, they said nothing about the disconnecting the chains. ($150 hitch???) ;)
Barney
Thsldo
Explorer
Feb 25, 2016
Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I just picked up a husky round bar setup,with the friction sway control on Craigslist for 100 dollars! I'll try it out. If it is not doing the job, I'll step up. I thought the price was worth it. I had a very similar setup on my last trailer, which was a 20 foot hybrid.
scbwr
Explorer II
Feb 25, 2016
BarneyS wrote:
My comments pertain to that hitch also. E-trailer is a great retailer but sometimes their copy writers get a bit carried away and give out information that is not exactly correct. I would be very leary of using them as a resource for "facts". Besides, they said nothing about the disconnecting the chains. ($150 hitch???) ;)
Barney

I could have sworn that when I first opened the link, that was the price, but now I see it is $255. My error. I don't really have any experience with the accuracy of their copy writers, but that could certainly be the case.

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