Right and Left sway control a myth?
Soooooooo.......just got off the phone with the " sway control experts " Etrailer.com. I've wondered and also because I need to purchase one , why people are telling me there is a right and left sway ...
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Sorry, Etrailer is FLAT wrong on this one. Every set of instructions I have seen for any friction sway control state that two bars may be needed for trailers over 24-26 ft in length.
I will trust manufacturers instruction over a salesmen on the telephone any day. Why? Because its still about the sale. If you still experience Wiggle with your trailer you will be more likely to spend several hundred dollars on a fancy integrated sway control WD hitch...because obviously friction sway control doesn't work..
I run two... have for years.. have for thousands of miles... several on this forum and thousands on the road have as well. There is nothing unsafe about running two bars.
I ran one sway bar for a while and still had some "wiggle" (not sway) between the TV and the TT. Added the second bar and the "wiggle" is gone. I am at 31 ft and 7000 ish lbs.
And Here is a left hand sway control if you really want a specific left hand model.
However, any sway bar can be used on either side, its simply a matter of flipping the slider bar and swapping the on/off handle and the tension screw.
I have Dual-Cam, it grenaded a WD hitch, took that off and put my reliable friction bars back on...
Anyway, folks will discount the friction bars and thats fine. They just reliably work. YMMV.. but I can testify from first hand experience that there is no myth to the effectiveness of a properly loaded TT, a properly loaded TV, a properly set up WD hitch, and dual friction sway control.
Use one, if you still have some wiggle, add a second. It may suprise you.
Thanks!
Jeremiah
I will trust manufacturers instruction over a salesmen on the telephone any day. Why? Because its still about the sale. If you still experience Wiggle with your trailer you will be more likely to spend several hundred dollars on a fancy integrated sway control WD hitch...because obviously friction sway control doesn't work..
I run two... have for years.. have for thousands of miles... several on this forum and thousands on the road have as well. There is nothing unsafe about running two bars.
I ran one sway bar for a while and still had some "wiggle" (not sway) between the TV and the TT. Added the second bar and the "wiggle" is gone. I am at 31 ft and 7000 ish lbs.
And Here is a left hand sway control if you really want a specific left hand model.
However, any sway bar can be used on either side, its simply a matter of flipping the slider bar and swapping the on/off handle and the tension screw.
I have Dual-Cam, it grenaded a WD hitch, took that off and put my reliable friction bars back on...
Anyway, folks will discount the friction bars and thats fine. They just reliably work. YMMV.. but I can testify from first hand experience that there is no myth to the effectiveness of a properly loaded TT, a properly loaded TV, a properly set up WD hitch, and dual friction sway control.
Use one, if you still have some wiggle, add a second. It may suprise you.
Thanks!
Jeremiah
