Economical WD hitch ?

SoundGuy wrote:
I'll repeat - WHY are we even talking about weight distribution when this has nothing to do with weight distribution and everything to do with standalone friction sway bars? :h

RPreeb wrote:
The Husky Centerline hitch I'm planning to buy uses the WD bars as sway bars too, so it IS relevant.

Actually that's not the case at all as the Centerline, just like several other makes of weight distribution systems such as Equal-i-zer and Blue Ox Sway Pro, offers sway control as a function of the design of the system ... there are no specific sway control parts. The Husky Centerline Webpage even says "Performs in reverse (no sway bar to remove for backing up)", just as is the case with both the Equal-iz-er and Sway Pro.

Removing parts of a hitch system over concern something might bend while backing up is strictly related to sway control parts ... but since these WD systems such as the Centerline, Equal-i-zer, and Sway Pro have no separate sway control parts there's nothing to remove - just as Husky says. :R

SoundGuy wrote:
I'll repeat - WHY are we even talking about weight distribution when this has nothing to do with weight distribution and everything to do with standalone friction sway bars? :h

The Husky Centerline hitch I'm planning to buy uses the WD bars as sway bars too, so it IS relevant.

SoundGuy wrote:
I'll repeat - WHY are we even talking about weight distribution when this has nothing to do with weight distribution and everything to do with standalone friction sway bars? :h

Maybe you should quit acting like your answers are the only relevant ones. Trolling again....

SoundGuy wrote:
I'll repeat - WHY are we even talking about weight distribution when this has nothing to do with weight distribution and everything to do with standalone friction sway bars? :h

Because the title of the thread and the info they requested. Where in the OP'S thread does it state it only applies to friction bars?

I use a Reese dual cam (no friction bar) and have bent a bracket jacknifing the trailer. No ditch level ground.

I'll repeat - WHY are we even talking about weight distribution when this has nothing to do with weight distribution and everything to do with standalone friction sway bars? :h

I have never in over 56 years of towing TTs removed the WD Hitch when backing up and never bent the bar or had a problem with the many different WD Hitches that I have used. Guess I have just been lucky and in the future I will continue
doing it the way that I have always have

colliehauler wrote:
Turning sharply or jack knife I don't know of any wd hitches that won't be damaged.

Seems to be some confusion here ... I don't know of any weight distribution systems that have to be unhitched so they won't be damaged before backing up, regardless of the angle. That's not what this is about, rather it's about stand alone friction sway bars used in conjunction with some weight distribution systems that don't offer sway control as a function of it's design. Loosening or removing a friction sway bar can avoid the possibility it may be damaged during acute angle moves, and yes I've personally seen it happen ... this however has nothing to do with weight distribution spring bars which need not be removed at all if you'd prefer not. Common sense still needs to prevail though ... I once did have a friend who backed into his campsite with his Reese Dual Cam engaged and in the process bent the heck out of one of his frame brackets BUT the cause wasn't the angle, it was the DITCH running along the front of his site that caused the truck / trailer combination to dip severely and in doing so place undo force on the one frame bracket.

Turning sharply or jack knife I don't know of any wd hitches that won't be damaged. I think there is a wd hitch Anderson if I'm not wrong that uses chains instead of bars that may be less prone to damage.

With a electric jack it takes less the 5 minutes to remove mine for backing and I will need them off anyway for unhitching.

Huntindog wrote:

Americamper wrote:
Who sells an economical weight distributing hitch with sway control that allows you to back up without removing something?

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.

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

Americamper wrote:
Who sells an economical weight distributing hitch with sway control that allows you to back up without removing something?

go to etrailer.com and see Reese pro series or Curt hitches.

$250 give or take.