removing weight distrubution and sway bar?

[Jebby14]

Anyone stop and remove their spring bars and friction sway bars at the park gates? Roads in the parks tend to be winding hilly paths where I don't go much faster than 1st gear. I have a Pro Series RB2 hitch (new to me this year) that says it does not allow backing up and a friction sway bar that ive always left on until at the site but really don't see an advantage to having at walking speed in the park.

whats everyone else doing?

[GWolfe]

I have a Pro Series hitch as well, I leave it hooked up until I'm in my spot. I don't have sway control but if I did I would unhook it before backing, better safe than sorry.

[nineoaks2004]

I do not use a WDH but I do use a sway bar and I remove it prior to backing up. Friend gave me one that was bent due to Daughter and husband not removing it prior to backing up. The bar made it to my junk metal bin.

[Rustycamperpant]

I dont remove my Equalizer until I am in my camping spot. I jackknife pretty severely sometimes and have never had an issue.

[LifeInsideJack]

We disconnect the bars and remove the anti-sway once we enter the park.

We're pulling a 19' with an F250 4x4 and the truck doesn't have any issues with the tongue weight.

Like the OP mentioned some parks are a little tight here and there and some have "exciting" backing action. We're full-time nomads and move every 2 weeks.

[myredracer]

Never heard of a need to do that. Note that receivers have a weight rating without a WDH hooked up and you could be exceeding the max. rating which is typically 500 lbs, which equates to a small TT.

I once had to back up down a twisty 1/4 mile lane with a 20' TT and basic round bar WDH (hooked up) to get to the last site in a CG (no place to turn around at end of road). Easy peasy. 🙂 I've been backing up for years regularly with our Reese DC and never had an issue even at acute angles.

TTs with pronounced front caps can tag the TV at acute angles before the WDH crashes into the A-frame. You may want to do a test to see how sharp an angle you can back up with before something gets damaged so you'll know when to stop and straighten out.

[TurnThePage]

I leave my Equal-I-zer on even when I have to make extreme maneuvers during backing. In the OP's boots, I might disconnect.

[Hannibal]

No need to remove anything with our Equalizer 4 point or our previous Reese HP. If I had a separate friction bar, I would remove it if I had some tight quarters to back into.

[LVJJJ]

nope

[Walaby]

Many separate swaybars require removal backing up. Integrated sway and WD bars typically do not.

Mike

[seaeagle2]

We had our hitch set up installed at a hitch shop. He begged me to take off the friction swaybar before backing up, he said its amazing to him that when people don't and it gets bent, they come back with a "defective" sway bar that's bent from backing up.. So I always disconnect the sway bar before backing up.

[APT]

My Reese Strait Line makes a loud sound on tight turns as the WD bars jump over the side of the cam lob. Meh, just an annoyance even my wife has learned to accept.

[rbpru]

The only time I tow without the WD hitch, is when I scoot he TT into position in my back yard after unloading it the side yard.

I have at least 750 lbs. of tongue weight which is not good for the 500 lb. non-WD hitch rating of my F-150's hitch. I certainly would not want to take it on the road or any surface where it could bounce.

Now my neighbors F-350 flat bed is another story.

Good luck

[Yosemite_Sam1]

I remove the sway bar backing as "experts" at Camping World said they won't pay for the replacement of my bent hitch adapter because I did not remove it backing at the fairly straight Carpenteria campground site. I have

[LarryJM]

Jebby14 wrote:
Anyone stop and remove their spring bars and friction sway bars at the park gates? Roads in the parks tend to be winding hilly paths where I don't go much faster than 1st gear. I have a Pro Series RB2 hitch (new to me this year) that says it does not allow backing up and a friction sway bar that ive always left on until at the site but really don't see an advantage to having at walking speed in the park.

whats everyone else doing?

I don't see anywhere where it is recommended to remove the spring bars before backing up in the Pro Series RB2 hitch directions. I think you might be reading something wrong or not understanding what you are reading. Can you give us a chapter and verse where you get this remove before backing up from specifically.

Larry