Anyone stop and remove their spring bars and friction sway bars at the park gates? Roads in the parks tend to be winding hilly paths where I don't go much faster than 1st gear. I have a Pro Series RB2 hitch (new to me this year) that says it does not allow backing up and a friction sway bar that ive always left on until at the site but really don't see an advantage to having at walking speed in the park. whats everyone else doing?

My Blue Ox hitch stays hitched till we unhitch. I certainly would not want to put the full TT tongue weight on the truck hitch and axels, without the torsion bars for any length of time. My anti-sway is built into the hitch and I can go forward or backward without changing a thing. I have even jackknifed the rig a time or two trying to park.

For what its worth im pilling a 19 foot trailer that is on the limit of not needing WD. last year it towed fine without. Just added it for piece of mind and some extra capacity bringing **** with me.

Jebby14 wrote:Anyone stop and remove their spring bars and friction sway bars at the park gates?whats everyone else doing?I don't use separate friction sway control but if I did I'd remove it before backing into a campsite at an acute angle, weight distribution which I do use always stays in place as there's no need at all to remove it.

Jebby14 wrote:Anyone stop and remove their spring bars and friction sway bars at the park gates? Roads in the parks tend to be winding hilly paths where I don't go much faster than 1st gear. I have a Pro Series RB2 hitch (new to me this year) that says it does not allow backing up and a friction sway bar that ive always left on until at the site but really don't see an advantage to having at walking speed in the park. whats everyone else doing?I leave my WD bars in place at all times. Many hitch receivers are not rated to bear more than 500 lb without WD. You can check to see if you need to remove your friction sway bar by slowly jackknifing your rig in each direction to see if the bar either bottoms out or touches the bumper or trailer frame. If not, you can just leave it hooked up.

I've never disconnected any of my WDH's before backing (or going slow?). If it's installed right and per the directions it will be fine. It doesn't do anything different going backwards than it does going forward.

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NWnative
Explorer
May 24, 2018
Nope...Never. Blue Ox doesn't require it and....no way I am overloading my hitch / rear axle by towing with no WDH. Even if it's a short distance.
ScottG
Nomad
May 24, 2018
I've never disconnected any of my WDH's before backing (or going slow?). If it's installed right and per the directions it will be fine. It doesn't do anything different going backwards than it does going forward.
drsteve
Explorer
May 24, 2018
Jebby14 wrote:
Anyone stop and remove their spring bars and friction sway bars at the park gates? Roads in the parks tend to be winding hilly paths where I don't go much faster than 1st gear. I have a Pro Series RB2 hitch (new to me this year) that says it does not allow backing up and a friction sway bar that ive always left on until at the site but really don't see an advantage to having at walking speed in the park.

whats everyone else doing?

I leave my WD bars in place at all times. Many hitch receivers are not rated to bear more than 500 lb without WD.

You can check to see if you need to remove your friction sway bar by slowly jackknifing your rig in each direction to see if the bar either bottoms out or touches the bumper or trailer frame. If not, you can just leave it hooked up.
SoundGuy
Explorer
May 24, 2018
Jebby14 wrote:
Anyone stop and remove their spring bars and friction sway bars at the park gates?

whats everyone else doing?

I don't use separate friction sway control but if I did I'd remove it before backing into a campsite at an acute angle, weight distribution which I do use always stays in place as there's no need at all to remove it.
Jebby14
Explorer
May 24, 2018
For what its worth im pilling a 19 foot trailer that is on the limit of not needing WD. last year it towed fine without. Just added it for piece of mind and some extra capacity bringing **** with me.
rbpru
Explorer II
May 24, 2018
My Blue Ox hitch stays hitched till we unhitch. I certainly would not want to put the full TT tongue weight on the truck hitch and axels, without the torsion bars for any length of time.

My anti-sway is built into the hitch and I can go forward or backward without changing a thing. I have even jackknifed the rig a time or two trying to park.

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