wdh question

Sounds like a good choice. It will improve your towing experience.
Yeah, sorry Jeremiah, a little misunderstanding. You are right; required, no, useful and a good idea, yes.

I bought the wd hitch today. It turned out to be a curt class v. Looks like it could pull a tank. It also has the area to hook up a sway bar. I think I did good.

campigloo wrote:
It sounds like a good deal to me. Make sure the capacity on the hitch is matched to the tongue weight of your trailer. If the head does not have a ball mount, any half decent welder can fix that for little to nothing. When you get your sway bar, many will come with the mounting hardware.
I seriously doubt that 99.9% recommendation. Only from my experience over the last 30 or so years, the sway bars help a lot with towing. I don't think all of my trailers have been loaded improperly, and in my opinion only, they greatly enhance handling. That and a buck fifty will get you a cup of coffee.

I think you missed the spirit of my 99.99% comment. Do you NEED it to tow? No, most of time. However that occasional need is very real and it's hard to put a sway bar on during a sway event.

I ran two sway bars when I had a TT. Did I need two? Nope, but it sure made the tow a lot more comfortable for me.

Thanks

Jeremiah

It sounds like a good deal to me. Make sure the capacity on the hitch is matched to the tongue weight of your trailer. If the head does not have a ball mount, any half decent welder can fix that for little to nothing. When you get your sway bar, many will come with the mounting hardware.
I seriously doubt that 99.9% recommendation. Only from my experience over the last 30 or so years, the sway bars help a lot with towing. I don't think all of my trailers have been loaded improperly, and in my opinion only, they greatly enhance handling. That and a buck fifty will get you a cup of coffee.

IMHO... I would buy new.. especially when you can get a new one with WD and Sway Control with a ball installed for only about $50.00 more than what you are spending now.

Here is a link for ya to take a peek at.

EAZ-Lift And you can choose the weight rating you need for your trailer application.

As far as the sway control is concerned... if the WD hitch is set up properly, the TV is set up properly, and the trailer is set up properly then 99.99% of the time you will not need it.

However, for that .01% of the time that you need it you will be glad you have it. You can't predict wind gusts, passing vehicles, and evasive maneuvers. Plus it will make the tow a little more comfortable.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

...Or if you could post a picture of it (if you don't know the model) we could tell you more. On virtually all of the basic WD hitches like the old EZ Lift style, you can add a friction sway control but you might have to weld the small ball mount to the hitch head. Check the hitch head, it might have the ball mount on it already. Pretty easy job in most cases.

Tell us what brand/model it is, and we'd be better able to answer your question.

Year/models of the tug/tow would be helpful, too.