Air bags/Blue Ox Hitch - Okay?
Last August, we lost our FW in a fire, and decided to a move to a TT in October. The primary reason for a TT was that we wanted to mount a fishing boat on top of the truck. I purchased a '16 F35...
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TheGatherer wrote:
I bought a 'new' TT last year and bought a Blue Ox hitch for it... following the 'instructions' and the 'YouTube university' instructions I deflated my Firestone bags to set up the height and 'sag' for the bars (10k bars).. The only thing is... I have a 70gal tank in the back of the Pickup and the assorted other loads in the bed.. I did set up the hitch as/per the specs, but it was about 1" high and not enough load on the bars.. so, I inflated my air bags to the psi I usually run with and lowered the ball 1".. then raising the elec (thank God)winch I tightened the chains to 6 links (your link count may vary) and it loaded the bars, stopped the sway ( and the Blue Ox is 'self correcting... it moves back to 'inline' some of the others stay where they are in a turn)and though I had to 'tweek' the settings because of the air bags and the P/U load I can't say enough good about the Blue Ox Sway Pro...
That's really good information. I have absolutely no sway at all, just those two or three big oscillations every time I encounter a good bump or dip.
Jim
