Sway Control and WD Hitches
We went to the RV Show here locally this weekend and just started the buying process for a new camper and wanted to double check a couple things. Truck Specs from GMC: 2011 Yukon Denali (short on...
Forum Discussion
Thanks Barney
Yeah, I was aware of the holes needed for the friction sway bar with my current WD hitch. I just was concerned if they went to move it and they come back saying because the different coupler design that the chains are not long enough so they have to install them some other way or I have to buy some different latches for the chain side. If I do go with my current hitch to get it home, I don't really want to spend money on getting it working knowing I am really leaning to ultimately replace it.
I was looking a bit more at Blue Ox and discovered that my dealer is also a Blue Ox Dealer. So while they may normally use the Equal-i-zer, it looks like they also have the Blue Ox. I think at this point I will talk to them about my options. The odd thing is I found on their web site that they most expensive Equal-i-zer they list is the 14K for $714 which is way to big. The 10K is $618 and 12K $635. That is with the shank and as you mentioned no ball but a ball but that is a long way from $800. So I am not sure where they came up with that figure. Maybe with the ball and tax it would put it close so they just say that as an estimate. If they prepare people for an $800 bill and then say that it is actually only $700 they go away happy vs if the price went the other way. As for the Blue Ox they have it listed for $695. So just a little more than the Equal-i-zer. I think I will shop around and see if they will price match. Etrailer shows it for $615 with free shipping and no tax. It is one thing if I was just buying a hitch but we are buying the entire camper.
I think it is about 15 miles to the dealer. Honestly, I don't know where it is other than the city that it is in. Since we saw it and did the paperwork at the RV Show in Minneapolis, I haven't been there yet. Either way we are not talking a long haul to get it home. If I needed I can take back roads that run parallel to the interstate most of the way if I needed to keep the speeds down. They also said I can keep it there for free as long as I want. So I could pick it up on a nice calm day. They don't care if I don't pick it up until May or whatever. I will get it before then but with the snow we have on the ground and may still get more, I will probably wait a bit and would guess April at the very latest. It is too hard to get the camper in the back yard for storage right now anyhow.
For future trips, where we normally camp (dry camping) is about 30 miles away with 15 of it on the interstate. Because it is dry camping we will be loaded heavier with full fresh tank on the way there and on the way back we have about 5 miles to get to where we can dump the tanks. I would say 90% of our camping will be at that site because it is free and where a bunch of relatives camp.
Yeah, I was aware of the holes needed for the friction sway bar with my current WD hitch. I just was concerned if they went to move it and they come back saying because the different coupler design that the chains are not long enough so they have to install them some other way or I have to buy some different latches for the chain side. If I do go with my current hitch to get it home, I don't really want to spend money on getting it working knowing I am really leaning to ultimately replace it.
I was looking a bit more at Blue Ox and discovered that my dealer is also a Blue Ox Dealer. So while they may normally use the Equal-i-zer, it looks like they also have the Blue Ox. I think at this point I will talk to them about my options. The odd thing is I found on their web site that they most expensive Equal-i-zer they list is the 14K for $714 which is way to big. The 10K is $618 and 12K $635. That is with the shank and as you mentioned no ball but a ball but that is a long way from $800. So I am not sure where they came up with that figure. Maybe with the ball and tax it would put it close so they just say that as an estimate. If they prepare people for an $800 bill and then say that it is actually only $700 they go away happy vs if the price went the other way. As for the Blue Ox they have it listed for $695. So just a little more than the Equal-i-zer. I think I will shop around and see if they will price match. Etrailer shows it for $615 with free shipping and no tax. It is one thing if I was just buying a hitch but we are buying the entire camper.
I think it is about 15 miles to the dealer. Honestly, I don't know where it is other than the city that it is in. Since we saw it and did the paperwork at the RV Show in Minneapolis, I haven't been there yet. Either way we are not talking a long haul to get it home. If I needed I can take back roads that run parallel to the interstate most of the way if I needed to keep the speeds down. They also said I can keep it there for free as long as I want. So I could pick it up on a nice calm day. They don't care if I don't pick it up until May or whatever. I will get it before then but with the snow we have on the ground and may still get more, I will probably wait a bit and would guess April at the very latest. It is too hard to get the camper in the back yard for storage right now anyhow.
For future trips, where we normally camp (dry camping) is about 30 miles away with 15 of it on the interstate. Because it is dry camping we will be loaded heavier with full fresh tank on the way there and on the way back we have about 5 miles to get to where we can dump the tanks. I would say 90% of our camping will be at that site because it is free and where a bunch of relatives camp.
