Do I need a WDH with a 25ft TT
That's being pulled by a 2012 F350 diesel? I think the newer trucks have some sort of anti-sway but so far as I know mine does not. The truck will be heavier than the TT tho. TT 6500 truck 8500 I ...
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SoundGuy wrote:The problem is not from it being too tight.agesilaus wrote:
I'm looking at a Curt WDH with sway control.
Strangely they sell WDH which are unable to back up with the hitch attached?! Are there a lot of people driving their TT only forward?
Sway control, not weight distribution - 2 different animals. :R Doesn't happen all the time but if you back up at an acute angle with a stand alone friction sway bar really tightened down there is the possibility of bending the sway bar. :E This has nothing to do with weight distribution nor those WD systems that feature integrated sway control as a function of it's design as a WD system.
The sway bar operates the same whether the TV is backing or going forwards. On some TVs the angle can become very sharp when going forwards.
My first TV was a 73 Blazer, and with it's short wheelbase and tight turning radius, I could and did once make contact with it to the TT when making a U turn. Slight damage to the TT, but the dual sway controls were undamaged.
The warning about this is because on many lashups, the sway bar will "crash" into the hitch when the TT/TV are at an acute angle. On most lashups, this cannot happen when going forward.
Someone here, (Jbirsh?) did an extensive article with pics illustrating this...
Recomendation is to get a friend to observe the hitch when making sharp turns in both directions forwards and backwards to see if/or you have the issue, and just how sharp you can turn before it occurs....
A good friend that will stop you before damage is done.:B
