Forum Discussion
Terryallan
Jan 04, 2017Explorer II
Huntindog wrote:Americamper wrote:You can back up with any hitch. Turning too sharp can possibly be a problem... Going forwards OR backwards. Some jacknife their TTs pretty hard when backing up, so they prefer to remove the sway control prior to backing up... This has become such an often repeated piece of partial truth, that many have no idea why it they are removing it... They just do it without questioning it.
Who sells an economical weight distributing hitch with sway control that allows you to back up without removing something?
Also the instructions say to remove it when backing, and turning sharp.
you "can" actually pull the bar out far enough to put it in a bind when turning back the other way, and some people have pushed it in far enough the other way to break off a mounting ball.
Having said that. I don't remove mine when doing normal backing. Only when I have to really jack it in. If you saw where I park it. You would understand
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