Need advice on travel trailer and W/D hitches
The wife and I have looked at several small TTs and we think we may have found the right one for us. We are seasoned motorhome RVers, but we know very little about TTs. My experience in towing consist...
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First of all, your TV should be able to handle the trailer you are looking at. Whenever someone comes here with a question like yours you can bet money that before the thread runs its course you will be told to get a big diesel and spend thousands for a hitch.
Having a hitch with built in sway control and a good proportional controller are good ideas. There are many hitches out there and many have been around for a long time. I bought an Equalizer when I got my first trailer that was about the size of the one you are looking at. I towed it with a 4Runner and I really liked how it felt. Of course, I have never had a different brand so I can't tell you anything about the others. But.....when people want to criticize the Equalizer, I really don't believe much of what they are saying. Go to the Equalizer website and enter your numbers. They will come up with a suggested size. If you have further questions give them a call and they will help.
I have a prodigy 2 and it works great. I am not sure if I would like one that applies the brakes whenever I am going down hill. I could imagine a problem with that. The Equalizer, as most others, has a manual lever to engage the trailer brakes independently. I have mine set for normal towing but when I get into the mountains I simply adjust the "boost" feature and it helps on the grades coming down.
Equalizer and Prodigy have both been around a long time. They are tested and both work very well. They are not the cheapest options but the Equalizer is no where near the price of the top of the line hitches out there.
Having a hitch with built in sway control and a good proportional controller are good ideas. There are many hitches out there and many have been around for a long time. I bought an Equalizer when I got my first trailer that was about the size of the one you are looking at. I towed it with a 4Runner and I really liked how it felt. Of course, I have never had a different brand so I can't tell you anything about the others. But.....when people want to criticize the Equalizer, I really don't believe much of what they are saying. Go to the Equalizer website and enter your numbers. They will come up with a suggested size. If you have further questions give them a call and they will help.
I have a prodigy 2 and it works great. I am not sure if I would like one that applies the brakes whenever I am going down hill. I could imagine a problem with that. The Equalizer, as most others, has a manual lever to engage the trailer brakes independently. I have mine set for normal towing but when I get into the mountains I simply adjust the "boost" feature and it helps on the grades coming down.
Equalizer and Prodigy have both been around a long time. They are tested and both work very well. They are not the cheapest options but the Equalizer is no where near the price of the top of the line hitches out there.
