Equalizer vs Dual Cam

MontanaCamper wrote:
MackinawMan Thanks for your input. We have roughly the same size trailer and truck, yours a 1 ton mine a 3/4 ton..but a question for you is..why did you pick up the 1400/14000 equalizer instead of the 1200/12000 that would work with your trailer...

Well, before we purchased the Eagle back in 2010 we had a 33' Cherokee that weighed in at around 7,000 lbs when loaded. We had purchased the Cherokee back in 2004 and used our old Reese "bar and chain" WD system and the separate friction control arm too. At the time we towed with a diesel Excursion and it towed pretty well, but I wanted better. In 2007 we bought the 1200/12000 lb Equalizer to use with the Cherokee...worked beautifully.

Then in 2010 we sold the Cherokee and purchased the Jayco Eagle. The seller included his 1400/14000 lb Equalizer in the deal and since I had kept our 1200/12000 from the Cherokee I had both of them. I actually set the 1200/12000 lb Equalizer up on the Eagle and towed with it. The tongue weight of our Eagle when loaded is right around 1250 lbs. (I have a Sherline Scale) and the 1200/12000 hitch worked fine. However, I didn't need two so I decided to sell one of them.

I had already talked to Equalizer about the 1200/12000 and how it would work with our tongue weight being around 50-100 lbs. over it's rating and they said it would be fine. I also asked them about the tongue weight being under the 1400/14000 lb max rating as I had heard if your bars were "too stiff" you might damage the frame of the TT.

The told me I would be fine with both. I just decided "bigger was better" and in the end if we purchased an even bigger TT I would have the heavier Equalizer I could use.

Hope that helps...and wasn't too long-winded.:B