Mike Up wrote:
dodge guy wrote:
The food chain goes like this, Hensley Arrow\ ProPride, Reese Dual Cam, then all the other hitches with integrated friction sway control, and finally an add-on friction sway bar.
If you have the money then go with either the HA or PP. I personally like the DC.
The Husky looks like an Equal-i-zer brand copy with a compression piston over an adjustable bolt for trunnion tightness. Compression piston looks like a much better option that would reduce dog tracking BUT that compression piston may weaken and no way to test or replace it. Wouldn't want to find out it's too weak on the road when sway starts.
The Reese HP dual cam System (Strait-Line) uses a cam lock system along with the downward force on the spring bars when the cam is out of their dedent, to keep the trailer straight and/or to 'force' the trailer back to straight.
It does not rely on adjustable friction points that can lead to dog tracking, as with the Equal-i-zer brand.
The NEW designed Blue Ox Pro eliminated the adjustable friction point in the head to eliminate dog tracking and also eliminated the adjustable head tilt making a predefined permanent head tilt. So now there is no more sway control in the head than any other WDH.
It now uses a rotating chain catch to adjust bar tension instead of a lift bracket. This limits chain movement but not enough to add any real sway control.
Blue Ox says the new flexible spring bars when added with the permanent predefined head tilt, are what really control sway. I can see how this force would try to put the camper back into alignment with the help of limited movement thanks to the rotating chain lift, but there's no lock (Reese Cam and Detent) or friction (equal-i-zer head bolt trunnion tightness adjustment and bracket/spring bar, steel on steel friction). The Equl-i-zer brand and Reese Dual Cam does the same into forcing the camper back into alignmennet. The Equalizer tries to keep sway from starting by using hitch head friction and steel on steel friction, while the Reese Dual Cam using force to lock the spring bar detent onto the Cam and it's steel on steel friction. The Blue OX has nothing to keep sway from beginning, just the force to dampen sway. The NEW Blue Ox seems to have the force to try to stop sway after it starts, but nothing to keep the spring bars locked and to keep sway from starting. It seems the least effective sway control even compared to those add on sway control arms.
The Reese Dual Sway Control system is what I consider the best out of the inexpensive systems but you do need grease on the trunnion ends. Also precise installation is needed so the system doesn't damage itself, which many installers can't do.
I remove the spring bars before I back. I nearly angle 80 degrees to get into my driveway which removal was recommended by Reese support reps.
My best to worst would be Reese Dual Cam, Equal-i-zer, Husky Centerline, and Blue Ox "NEW" Sway Pro.
Mike up, have you ever used a blue ox setup before? I would guess no, but somehow you are a professional on how it doesn't seem to work based on what you think happens with the hitch. I get tired of people making claims on what they think rather than on experience. In my previous post I mentioned I used the blue ox and was very happy with it, I didn't carry on about all the other hitches and how they are bad or don't work. Please don't make comments based on what you think is going to happen, use the hitch, you may surprise yourself. I am pretty sure every blue ox owner on here would agree with me that the blue ox is a great hitch.
