What WDH do you like?
07-07-2016, 10:27 PM
#21
Husky 31423. It uses round bars and there are 3 different types of bars, up to 800#, 801-1200# and 1000# and up bars. Also has holes to add dual sway bars if needed. Easy to setup, easy to hook up, and have worked well for two trailers over the past 16 years. I thought I would need 801-1200# bars, but after weighing the tongue, I found I wont even hit 800# on it. Get the true tongue weight with a full water tank and everything you plan to haul with, and get the hitch based on that.
EDIT: Only reason I suggest this one is cost. It is half the cost of the other hitches, and other than sway control, works just as well. For $50 you can add a sway control, for another $50 you can add the other side sway control.
EDIT: Only reason I suggest this one is cost. It is half the cost of the other hitches, and other than sway control, works just as well. For $50 you can add a sway control, for another $50 you can add the other side sway control.
Last edited by acdii; 07-08-2016 at 08:56 AM.
07-08-2016, 09:17 AM
#22
Senior Member
Husky 31423. It uses round bars and there are 3 different types of bars, up to 800#, 801-1200# and 1000# and up bars. Also has holes to add dual sway bars if needed. Easy to setup, easy to hook up, and have worked well for two trailers over the past 16 years. I thought I would need 801-1200# bars, but after weighing the tongue, I found I wont even hit 800# on it. Get the true tongue weight with a full water tank and everything you plan to haul with, and get the hitch based on that.
EDIT: Only reason I suggest this one is cost. It is half the cost of the other hitches, and other than sway control, works just as well. For $50 you can add a sway control, for another $50 you can add the other side sway control.
EDIT: Only reason I suggest this one is cost. It is half the cost of the other hitches, and other than sway control, works just as well. For $50 you can add a sway control, for another $50 you can add the other side sway control.
07-08-2016, 10:28 AM
#23
Senior Member
Thread Starter
acdii: I appreciate the suggestion, but I'd like integrated sway control. Better for backing up.
I called Blue Ox for recommendation of bar size. They recommended 1000 lb bars since my estimated max tongue slightly exceeds 750 lbs. They said running bars loose is better than maxing out the bars. i.e. the listed weight is a maximum, not a minimum.
I hate wanting to buy the most expensive reasonable hitch, but I think its the best option.
I called Blue Ox for recommendation of bar size. They recommended 1000 lb bars since my estimated max tongue slightly exceeds 750 lbs. They said running bars loose is better than maxing out the bars. i.e. the listed weight is a maximum, not a minimum.
I hate wanting to buy the most expensive reasonable hitch, but I think its the best option.
07-09-2016, 07:06 PM
#25
The Equ-i-lizer brand hitch uses friction in the head against the spring bars.
The problem with that setup is you can get dog tracking in wet or icy conditions. That is why Blue Ox did away with that same setup in their head. They redesigned the system so it didn't need friction in the head to combat sway.
The problem with that setup is you can get dog tracking in wet or icy conditions. That is why Blue Ox did away with that same setup in their head. They redesigned the system so it didn't need friction in the head to combat sway.
07-09-2016, 07:12 PM
#26
acdii: I appreciate the suggestion, but I'd like integrated sway control. Better for backing up.
I called Blue Ox for recommendation of bar size. They recommended 1000 lb bars since my estimated max tongue slightly exceeds 750 lbs. They said running bars loose is better than maxing out the bars. i.e. the listed weight is a maximum, not a minimum.
I hate wanting to buy the most expensive reasonable hitch, but I think its the best option.
I called Blue Ox for recommendation of bar size. They recommended 1000 lb bars since my estimated max tongue slightly exceeds 750 lbs. They said running bars loose is better than maxing out the bars. i.e. the listed weight is a maximum, not a minimum.
I hate wanting to buy the most expensive reasonable hitch, but I think its the best option.
07-09-2016, 07:47 PM
#27
Senior Member
Thread Starter
07-09-2016, 09:33 PM
#28
The Equ-i-lizer brand hitch uses friction in the head against the spring bars.
The problem with that setup is you can get dog tracking in wet or icy conditions. That is why Blue Ox did away with that same setup in their head. They redesigned the system so it didn't need friction in the head to combat sway.
The problem with that setup is you can get dog tracking in wet or icy conditions. That is why Blue Ox did away with that same setup in their head. They redesigned the system so it didn't need friction in the head to combat sway.
This is why I like the Husky, I can remove the sway bar if I need to. I don't know why anyone would think it's hard to hookup. Just pop the bars in, and hook up the chains and go. Takes me about two minutes.
07-11-2016, 10:34 AM
#29
Member
Reese has a new unit called the Steadi-Flex. Works like the Equalizer units but they put brake pad material on the hanger brackets to improve friction and make it quieter. The head and bars are also very easy to set up
07-12-2016, 08:30 PM
#30
Senior Member
Thread Starter
So, I got my hitch today. Two of them actually. I forgot I had called tech support and they recommended going to the 1000 lb hitch. So, I ordered a 750 lb hitch and 10 minutes later remembered and they had it already in the shipping queue. Amazon is fast.
Oh well. The 750 got refused as the UPS terminal, so I'm good there. The 1000 showed up in typical Amazon fashion with a busted box. No missing parts or paint damage.
However, I have to go out of town for a couple of days, so it will late Friday or Saturday before I can try it out.
Remembered to buy a stronger ball too.
Oh well. The 750 got refused as the UPS terminal, so I'm good there. The 1000 showed up in typical Amazon fashion with a busted box. No missing parts or paint damage.
However, I have to go out of town for a couple of days, so it will late Friday or Saturday before I can try it out.
Remembered to buy a stronger ball too.