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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Thsldo
Explorer
Feb 25, 2016
I just picked up the Husky WDH with Friction Sway bar. Everything that is needed was included, I paid 100 dollars for it. It's in perfect shape, with low use. I am happy. Now to get ready for the first trip in April!!
jerem0621
Explorer II
Feb 26, 2016
Thsldo wrote:
I just picked up the Husky WDH with Friction Sway bar. Everything that is needed was included, I paid 100 dollars for it. It's in perfect shape, with low use. I am happy. Now to get ready for the first trip in April!!

Great score! Did you get a round bar or a trunnion? Regardless, make sure you grease the contact points on the WD hitch.

Thanks!

Jeremiah
Thsldo
Explorer
Feb 26, 2016
jerem0621 wrote:
Thsldo wrote:
I just picked up the Husky WDH with Friction Sway bar. Everything that is needed was included, I paid 100 dollars for it. It's in perfect shape, with low use. I am happy. Now to get ready for the first trip in April!!

Great score! Did you get a round bar or a trunnion? Regardless, make sure you grease the contact points on the WD hitch.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

They are the round bars...I didn't see any grease fittings in the head, I'll look again.

Thanks!
pitch
Explorer II
Feb 26, 2016
Even if yours does not have greaseserts put a thin film on the contact surfaces with your finger. You are not wanting gobs of grease just a thin film to break the friction.
Thsldo
Explorer
Feb 27, 2016
pitch wrote:
Even if yours does not have greaseserts put a thin film on the contact surfaces with your finger. You are not wanting gobs of grease just a thin film to break the friction.

Thanks! Will do. My last trailer had the trunion bars. I'd put a little grease on the 2 mounting points in the head.
pkjorlie
Explorer
Feb 27, 2016
OK, so I'm pulling a 3000# trailer approx. 450#TW with a 2010 Jeep Liberty rated 5000# tow. I want to add a WD Hitch (with sway), but should I be looking at a 1000# hitch which is the most common? Or should I go smaller?
No1Eman
Explorer
Feb 27, 2016
I use a reese dual cam Weight distributing setup on my second trailer now. It works well.
jerem0621
Explorer II
Feb 27, 2016
pkjorlie wrote:
OK, so I'm pulling a 3000# trailer approx. 450#TW with a 2010 Jeep Liberty rated 5000# tow. I want to add a WD Hitch (with sway), but should I be looking at a 1000# hitch which is the most common? Or should I go smaller?

I have this hitch and use it with similar tongue weight.

Pro Series 550 lb Round Bar hitch with Sway Control

It does a great job and if you ever upgrade the camper you can just order new heavier rated spring bars.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

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