ProPride 3p hitch
I bit the bullet today and ordered my new ProPride 3p 1400 hitch. Whadaya think? DW grabs the dash every time the trailer sways with the other friction bar sway control and we're thinking of getting a...
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BarneyS wrote:Ridgerunner29 wrote:
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Also, in reference to an earlier post in this thread, I don't see how tension on Propride WD bars could cause any more stress on your hitch receiver than any other WD hitch.
It is not the tension on the WD bars that can cause problems.
The Hensley and PP hitches put terrific horizontal (left,right) stresses on the receiver while a normal hitch only puts vertical stresses on the receiver.
Barney
You know this side to side forces is what often gives me pause when someone gets one of this hitches and has a light/SWB vehicle with what normally would be an oversized trailer, both length and weight. Maybe these side to side forces aren't that large in the overall scheme of things, but it still makes me question at times if jumping to something like the ProPride or HA is the best thing in all cases.
Larry
