First Time with ProPride
So we just made our first drive with the ProPride hitch. Although it was only about 25 miles, it included hills (up and down), curves at freeway speeds, and a bit of breezy weather. This hitch is ...
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alexleblanc wrote:waynec1957 wrote:
I'm real interested in the Pro Pride hitch. We're looking at a 35', 8,500 (ish) lb. camper with opposing slides in the rear. So I'm guessing sway is a potential.
I have a general idea of how they work but one thing I haven't figured out, having never actually seen one, is with the hitch head attached to the tongue of the camper and the stinger set up, how does the head pivot up and down? For instance when the back of the truck and the nose of the camper are both pointing down.
you're towing a very similar setup to mine and after 2000km's of real world towing, hooking/unhooking and overall experiencing the Propride product, i'm 100% satisfied with it. Wind, rain, oncoming trucks really don't hamper the driving comfort anymore. I only drive at speeds up to 60-62mph anyways, but its substantially more stable and comfortable at speed.
Anyone who has a hard time hooking up or unhooking needs to both learn how to adjust the tensions on each side to make the head opening close to matching the stinger, that's it. I figured it out in about 30 minutes or playing with it the first time we went out with it.
Money well spent. (moreso for me when you add the taxes, duties and shipping I paid almost 3200$ Canadian.)
I look forward to my sizeable trip later this summer, we're going from Moncton NB. to Burlington VT, then Lake George Area in upstate NY followed by Cape Cod for a week then back home. nearly 2600km's alone of towing on that trip. https://goo.gl/maps/Ew1SW
Alex
Alex
You are going to find that is going to be the shortest 2600KM you tow.
Last year we did BC to NL, to Dover Delaware and home through DC and across the middle states to Nebraska then north to South Dakota. Winds were gusting to 50MPH across SD we never felt the trailer. I could see the trailer being buffeted by the wind but never felt a thing.
We were gone for 55 days and covered 18000KM and felt like doing it again as soon as we got home.
Your absolutely right about matching the stinger to the hitches opening. Once you stop over thinking the process it no more time to hook up than a conventional hitch.
Have a safe trip and enjoy.
