You may not tow a lot, but if you hit a crosswind, your trailer will sway. Get some control back with this low-cost solution. The telescoping sway bar lets you set just the right amount of resistance. Head unit comes with a pre-torqued hitch ball.
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Pro Tip: Before you invest in a weight distribution hitch, make sure your cargo is evenly loaded in your trailer to keep the weight balanced. If you still have a hard time even after balancing your tongue weight, a weight distribution hitch should help.
The included friction-style sway control reduces trailer sway caused by winds, passing traffic, curving roads, or sudden maneuvers. As soon as your trailer begins to move out of line, the friction pads inside the unit will slide against one another and create resistance to help prevent further side-to-side movement.
Having a trailer sway bar allows you to easily dial in the amount of tension with the turn of a handle. If it's too loose, the friction pads won't have enough contact against the telescoping arm to control sway effectively. On the other hand, if you crank the handle clockwise, making the friction pads work harder than they need to, your ride will be a bit too rigid.
While its adjustability is nice (even if it takes you a few trips to get it just right), this sway bar doesn't play well with surge-type actuators, and it will have to be removed when backing up and any time you tow on wet or slippery roads.
By the way, if your trailer is really tall, long, or heavy, or if you tow through a lot of windy areas and sway is still an issue - even after you've tightened the unit to the max - you can always add another sway bar onto the other side of this hitch. The hitch head is built with mounting holes on both sides, so you can run 2 sway controls at the same time to really hold your trailer in line.
When you install this system, you'll have to adjust the tilt of the head to ensure proper leverage. To do this, simply slide washers onto the spacer rivet and insert it into the head assembly. Once the spacer is in place, tighten the shank bolts to secure the head to the shank. To check if your truck and trailer are level, you'll need to hook up and release your tongue jack. If you find that the rear of your truck is still sagging, add washers to increase leverage. If it looks like too much weight has been taken off your truck's rear axle and is sitting on your front axle, try removing a few washers.
While the washer-stacking method allows you to fine-tune the setup at the time of installation, it's going to require some patience. It can be time consuming because, if you don't get everything right the first time (which, you probably won't), you'll have to take the head unit apart to adjust the washers. You might have to adjust a few chain links to get the tension in the bars just right too. Not to mention that you might have to repeat this process if your tongue weight changes or if you swap out your tow vehicle.
Your tongue weight is the first thing you need to know when figuring out which weight distribution system you need. Most people think that if they get the highest-rated system possible, it'll be smooth sailing. But actually, this will create a rigid ride and a bouncing trailer. On the other hand, if the system isn't strong enough, it won't be able to distribute the weight properly, making it virtually useless.
Once you know your trailer's tongue weight, add it to the weight of the cargo behind the rear axle of your tow vehicle. Then just choose a weight distribution system rated for that combined tongue weight.
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