WDH with sawy control, best bang for buck?
I am going to replace the Husky I have that works flawlessly with my horse trailer, but not so much with my new TT. Since it is already setup for my HT, it does not like the new trailer, it sits too h...
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What truck and TT are we talking about?
We have a Reese dual WDH for a 29' trailer weighing about 7K lbs and is towed by a 3/4T truck. The Reese DC hitch is different than others in the way it pro-actively wants to keep the truck & trailer in a straight line. With friction sway bars, if the truck and trailer are at an angle, they will tend to stay that way without driver adjustment and it's the castor of the TV's front wheels alone that make it want to track straight. The two types (DC vs friction bars) have a different feel to them and IMO the dual cam provides better handling and sway control. I drove a friend's truck & trailer combo that has a friction sway control to see how it felt and I did not like it after being so used to the DC WDH. I've driven on lots of curvy mountain roads and our truck and trailer together give almost sports car-like handling. But we also have shocks on the trailer and Bilsteins on our F250 and I spent a lot of time tweaking things. I can be passed by, or pass a semi truck on either side at the same time with ease.
The Blue Ox and others are relatively easy to install, but the Reese DC can take some fiddling over time to tweak it and is not for everyone. You can get a 1200 lb #66074 Reese DC package for under $450 like here on ebay. Strait-line & Reese are one in the same.
Besides brand and type of WDH, it is so very, very important to make sure the WDH is properly set up and if you don't, any WDH can be a big problem. That means having the correct number of chain links engaged, correct spring bar rating, correct amount of weight transferred back onto steer axle and the TT level to slightly nose down. Correct tire pressure and tongue weight can make a big difference too. An adequate TV is also a factor.
Ron Gratz and a couple of others did a great review & analysis of the Blue Ox Sway Pro back in 2013 in a thread here. I believe that the conclusion is that it's performance is questionable.
We have a Reese dual WDH for a 29' trailer weighing about 7K lbs and is towed by a 3/4T truck. The Reese DC hitch is different than others in the way it pro-actively wants to keep the truck & trailer in a straight line. With friction sway bars, if the truck and trailer are at an angle, they will tend to stay that way without driver adjustment and it's the castor of the TV's front wheels alone that make it want to track straight. The two types (DC vs friction bars) have a different feel to them and IMO the dual cam provides better handling and sway control. I drove a friend's truck & trailer combo that has a friction sway control to see how it felt and I did not like it after being so used to the DC WDH. I've driven on lots of curvy mountain roads and our truck and trailer together give almost sports car-like handling. But we also have shocks on the trailer and Bilsteins on our F250 and I spent a lot of time tweaking things. I can be passed by, or pass a semi truck on either side at the same time with ease.
The Blue Ox and others are relatively easy to install, but the Reese DC can take some fiddling over time to tweak it and is not for everyone. You can get a 1200 lb #66074 Reese DC package for under $450 like here on ebay. Strait-line & Reese are one in the same.
Besides brand and type of WDH, it is so very, very important to make sure the WDH is properly set up and if you don't, any WDH can be a big problem. That means having the correct number of chain links engaged, correct spring bar rating, correct amount of weight transferred back onto steer axle and the TT level to slightly nose down. Correct tire pressure and tongue weight can make a big difference too. An adequate TV is also a factor.
Ron Gratz and a couple of others did a great review & analysis of the Blue Ox Sway Pro back in 2013 in a thread here. I believe that the conclusion is that it's performance is questionable.
