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The Continuum is so quiet, you just might forget you have it. No more snapping bars up onto noisy brackets. Easy to install, distributes weight with precision, controls sway, and is easily adjustable. 2-5/16" Ball and 2-1/2" shank included.
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Create a stable ride for your tow vehicle and trailer with a weight distribution (WD) system. Adding load bars to your towing system applies leverage, which transfers the load that is pushing down on the rear of your vehicle to all the axles on both your tow vehicle and your trailer, resulting in an even distribution of weight throughout. The result is a smooth, level ride, as well as the ability to tow the maximum capacity of your hitch.
When your tongue weight is perfectly balanced, you can achieve sway control without the need for additional sway bars or noisy, friction-inducing brackets. The Continuum allows you to do just that. The single-piece load bar assembly on this system is designed to transfer weight off of the coupling point and evenly disperse it over the axles of your truck and trailer instead.
Other weight distribution systems require a ton of manual adjustment to get the weight balanced. You might have to switch out chain links or play around with the height of frame brackets to get the right tension on the spring bars. The tilt of the system head might need to be adjusted too to get the load distributed. But even with those adjustments, it can be almost impossible to fine-tune the system enough to get your tongue weight perfectly balanced.
The Continuum eliminates those manual adjustments and instead uses hydraulic pressure to raise and lower the load bars. This makes it way easier to activate the weight distribution because you only have to pump the handle on the driver's side. You won't need to circle your trailer to snap spring bars up individually. It also lets you quickly and easily fine-tune the tension to get your ride just right.
When you first install the Continuum, it might take a bit of time to get the load bar assembly, hydraulic cylinder, and hydraulic pump mounted on your trailer. But once everything is in place, setting up the system each time you tow is a snap.
The hitch head - which mounts in your vehicle's receiver and provides the attachment point for the Continuum - features a preset angle, so the only adjustment you might need to make is to move the head up or down along the shank. Unlike other weight distribution systems, you won't need to change out any hard-to-reach washers or readjust the tension on spring bars to get set up. The head also has friction sway control built in to help hold your trailer in line at the coupling point.
Instead of rigid steel spring bars that have to be manually snapped into place, the Continuum has a composite load bar assembly that raises with a pump of a handle. This assembly uses a flexible composite material called LiteFlex, which is strong enough to handle heavy loads, yet flexible enough to ensure that you won't have a rough, rigid ride at lower tongue weights. Because of this, the Continuum can handle anything from a small enclosed trailer to a large camper, allowing the system to grow with you.
Once you get your trailer hooked up and you're ready to transfer your load, just pump the handle on the hydraulic unit. This will raise the rear of the load bar assembly to distribute your tongue weight.
The knob on the side of the hydraulic unit allows you to back off some of the pressure you pump in so you can dial in just the right amount to get your towing setup balanced. Take note of the psi reading on the built-in pressure gauge once you're done, and record it in the included log for the next time you tow.
If you start to experience a bumpy ride while towing with the Continuum, it might be a sign that you've moved too much weight off of the connection point. Fixing this is simple: find a place to park and turn the built-in adjustment knob on the pump unit to release some pressure.
The tongue weight rating is the most important factor in determining which size weight distribution system you should use. If the bars of the system you choose are rated too high for your setup, they will create a rigid ride, which can result in a bouncing trailer. If, on the other hand, the bars are not rated high enough, the system will be unable to properly distribute the weight, rendering it virtually useless.
To determine the proper weight rating for a weight distribution system, you must first determine your trailer's tongue weight. Then add to that the weight of the cargo behind the rear axle of your tow vehicle. These two measurements make up the tongue weight rating for a weight distribution system.
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (89 Customer Reviews)
The Continuum is so quiet, you just might forget you have it. No more snapping bars up onto noisy brackets. Easy to install, distributes weight with precision, controls sway, and is easily adjustable. 2-5/16" Ball and 2-1/2" shank included.
Best set up for my truck and camper. . No sagging and great sway control! I have a f150 pulling 32ft camper. Going 70-75 mph with ease. Worth every penny. Only suggestion need an easier solution when leaving the camper to be serviced . I have to tie the bars up so others can tow without having to leave your hitch with them.
So far, I’ve towed 1000 miles with a 2018 Diesel F350 SB pulling a 30 foot TT that weighs about 10k lbs on highway and single lane roads on level and through mountains. The Continuum certainly is easy to hook up and unhook, it helped ride quality by reducing porpoising and sway. Made truck suck and bump non existent. Very easy to fine tune by pulling over with a half pump or to relieve pressure. The instructions, materials and workmanship of the parts were very good.
Overall it made my ride quality much better and sets up easier than most other wdh. This hitch certainly has a higher price point but the easy adjustability helped me justify paying the higher price for it.
Since purchasing this hitch I have spent 10 months using it continuously. It has approximately 10,000 miles on it as of now. I can safely say that I have had no problems using this hitch. The only problem was caused when my tongue jack plate scraped the side of one of the composite bars and caused the material to splinter. See photo for detail. I love the ability to add pressure as needed to move weight forward on the vehicle. If my load is heavier I can use the pump handle to add more pressure. The installation was a little bit tricky and took me half a day. This included having to pull the trailer to a flat location to ensure appropriate install. I can back up with full range of motion without needing to unhook anything. It only makes noise if it gets dey. No more being that guy clanking his way into the campground late at night with traditional sway bars. I have never regretted my choice to buy this cutting edge hitch. A final note, I have maintained my Continuum by cleaning it, lubing it with white lithium grease, and using a grease gun on the pin block.
I installed the Continum on our new Brinkley Z air 285. The only modification needed was to move the brakeaway switch back about 2". The only minor downside is the jack foot has to be removed for travel since it won't fit between the bars.
Fast Delivery, easy installation the B&W Continuum hitch is everything they say it is would highly recommend this hitch to anyone looking to upgrade.
All around great hitch. Pulls well no sway even with semis going by. Had 1 problem one of the spring clips came or was taken off. The hitch load bar came loose while under 1000 lbs pressure made a hell of a noise I was lucky I was only going 25 mph when it let go. I got it fixed well enough to get me home called b&m no problem they said new parts on the way. Very happy with hitch pricey but worth it. 2017 1/2 ton Chevrolet Silverado Firestone bags on the rear 5.3 chip tuned motor 2019 Keystone passport 2512 travel trailer 6000 lbs dry6500 wet and loaded was looking at Hensley. And saw this when it first came out at the rv shoe. Very tuneable esp with airbags.
Makes hooking up very smooth and easy compared to using load bars that are difficult and a bit scary to pull up. No noise while turning and are very stable while towing. I love that I can set the load distribution with a quick pump. Awesome customer support when I accidentally damaged the load carrier. No questions asked and replaced. Thanks B&W!
This hitch is the bomb. As soon as I got it I installed it. Pretty easy, I barley glanced at the directions due to watching a few install videos on YouTube. I had to make a few very slight modifications to my trailer but zero issues. I highly recommend this product.
Hitch works well with my GMC AT4 2500 truck and toy hauler. Easy installation and very quick connect/disconnect. Silent when towing. The truck tailgate can lower when connected after I rotated the Bulldog power jack 90 degrees to offer more clearance. When towing, ensure the jack foot is fully retracted so the jack foot is higher than the load bars. It will hit if level with the load bars during tight maneuvers or off camber.
No regrets with this. I went back and forth on a few different hitches and took a slight chance with this one due to the newer design. I wanted something that was reliable and gave me the least amount of worries while towing. Safety was and is my #1 concern. This hitch absolutely delivers on that. Strong winds and trucks flying by are no match for this WDH. I waited a year to write this review. I have driven over 10000 miles and have been to over 25 campsites. Watching the install video from B&W and watching "Wandering Weekends" on YouTube helps clear up any questions and concerns. One tip that has really helped is lowing the PSI down more helps with control. Second tip, make sure your truck and trailer are straight and level when setting the PSI. After using it a few times, the process becomes quicker, easier, and more enjoyable.
I also towed in the winter and noticed no difference in the hydraulics and pressure. Very impressed by that.
Truly a great purchase by an amazing company. etrailer.com was also a pleasure to go through and purchase from! I remember that shipping was the fastest I have ever had. Communication was also amazing. B&W / etrailer.com = perfect combo!
I am very happy I chose the B&W continuum. I had reservations and educated myself with all of the options out there before choosing. Let me start with the rig. Trailer is a 37 foot Flaggstaff with a 1,100lbs tounge weight, 11,260 GVW and we tow with a 2015 F350 diesel.
Installation took about four hours and the instructions were very detailed. I did have to make a few modifications to the LP tank brackets along with moving some of the wiring. In my case the truck and trailer leveled out perfectly at 1500lbs on the guage.( more on fine tuning later)
Our first trip was a 600 mile round that included both main freeways,two lane back roads and city streets.
The first thing I noticed was how fast the truck and trailer recovered from big bumps in the road. In the past i was used to the porposing effect that sometimes seemed to go on for ever. The continuum settled it out in seconds. the ride was so effortless I found myself very relaxed and drove with one hand most of the time.
I drive right about the speed limit so at 70mph on the freeways i did experience being passed by trucks. When they passed by a couple MPH i only noticed a minor suck in a push out on the trailer. when they flew by to my amazement it was almost unnoticable. The trailer was very stable at all times and tracked straight with almost no sway at all.
I am glad we had the windy conditions since that was one of my biggest concerns with not having the typical bar design. I would say that the worst of the wind was around 20 mph with gusts up to 30. Again i was happy how it performed. there was movement of the trailer but nothing that was white knuckling at all.
We made stops along the way and each time i checked the pressure guage and it was always right were I set it except once. I noticed that the ride seemed to be a bit stiffer and when I checked the guage had climbed to 1750lbs. Now to be fair I did not set it on level ground when I hooked up and set it to 1500lbs so that may have caused it. in addition to the stiff ride i also noticed on the TPM that the rear trailer tires had heated up 4 degrees more than the front axle. So i decided to lower the pressure to 1350 and see what happened. To my surprise the pressures evened back out and the ride was even better at that setting.
I plan to use 1350 from now on.
They are right that fine tuning makes a difference in ride quality but for me it was the tire pressure control was a bonus.
I hope this helps you with your decision on what to by for your towing.
I am happy with mine
In short this delivers everything as described in the B&W literature. My trailer feels like it is on rails behind me and firmly planted to the ground. I just returned from a 300 mile trip with both rough and smooth interstates, windy mountain highways and WV curvy 2 lane roads. Felt far more confident than without it.
Thanks to Tammie B for taking my original order. After my order arrived with missing parts and broken hydraulic unit due to rough handling by UPS, Daniel P, after receiving photos from me, got a replacement hitch authorized, return labels sent, product pulled, labeled, & picked up by UPS all before closing time on a Friday. He was amazing to jump thru all of those hoops to make it right and quick. Received the packages the following Tuesday in pristine condition from UPS. Installed on a 2023 Flagstaff Classic 826mbr with 6" frame and large propane tanks which were a problem. The large tanks have a tray welded to the frame that includes a 5" vertical support frame also welded to the frame. I had to cut vertical slots in the support 3 1/2" front & 3" rear both 3" wide for the hydraulic cylinder and hoses to move. Other than that the installation was bolt on. Nothing to move or relocate. Pressure used was 1700 pounds. Works great and keeps this 72 year old man from having to strain to lift spring bars on the usual hitches. Other benefits are sway control improvement, connect everything from one side, quiet when making corners & controls porpoising when driving thru dips. It is worth the money spent
Only have driven with the new configuration for 20 miles but so far so good. The installation was not hard. We do suggest watching the videos for installation and setup on YouTube. The bouncing I was experiencing is now gone.
I was able to install, load and test the hitch this weekend. I have a 2021 Ram 3500 DRW loaded with a Palomino HS-2910 truck camper and using the supertruss, hitched a 24 ft H&H enclosed car trailer with a loaded axle weight of 6680 lbs(while hitched and load put on the WDH).
The install on the trailer was pretty easy, and there was no difference using the hitch with the supertruss extension vs directly to a receiver hitch. I was worried about the height difference between the receiver hitch and the trailer. Had I not had the truck loaded with the camper, I would have been at the max range of the WDH capability if not out of the range. This is understandable due to a car trailer being pretty low slung and a 1 ton sitting pretty high. It worked out though and the ride was pretty impressively smooth. The only other concern is that since the car trailer is low slung, the bottom of the WDH is low enough to scrape a little when going across low transitions such as going into a parking lot or gas station when the entry is uphill. It didn't scrape much. I have read that others have had the same issue so it's wise to be careful on those pavement transitions. I was using the suggested middle attachment point of the spring bars to the hydraulic ram so next time I might try to use the lower one. There is nothing in the instructions that describe if this is a leverage adjustment or something you can use for more clearance.
So in short:
1. Easy to install.
2. Works fine with the Torklift supertruss(within weight range specifications)
3. Easy to attach and adjust.
4. Rides great.
5. Could use a little more drop hitch length.
6. Could use a little more clearance for lower installations.
Easy to install, easy to hitch up, and it tows like a dream. Performs so much better than the spring bar type hitches I have used in the past. It's on the higher end in terms of price, but you get what you pay for with this one.
Very happy to have this WDS on my 27FB Airstream Globetrotter. Very smooth, quiet and easy to operate. Wouldn't want to change back to a traditional tension bar system
I have ordered several things from trailer. All items ordered were shipped super fast. The B&W continuum weight distribution hitch is a great product.
We have been pulling RV's for 30 years and until recently always had a 1 ton dually for that purpose. We recently dropped down to a half ton pickup and smaller RV for ease of pulling, parking and ride comfort. Due to that we needed a weight distribution/sway control hitch so I researched many and decided on the B&W Continuum for many reasons. The reasons are ease of hooking up the hitch, the way it functions and because B&W has been a quality trusted partner for many years of towing. We just made our maiden voyage with the Continuum and it worked fully as expected. We are very happy with the performance of the hitch! Thank you B&W!
Beat purchase ever. If you are tired of putting tow and sway bars on in the heat this does the trick with a simple click and prime and go. No more struggling and having to store parts once you get to your site.
This hitch make hooking up easy. The only caution is that you should remove the hydraulic tension before you do anything else when in-coupling. If you don’t the cylinder isn’t extended enough to hook back up. I also wish that it had a little bit more sway control.
Love the WD function and the ease of install and adjustment. The anti sway does not seem to be as aggressive as the Anderson I ran on a smaller trailer/vehicle combination. Anderson's tapered friction shank really stops sway nicely, but their system is a bit more finicky to set up than the Continuum. Overall, very impressed with the build quality, innovative design, ease of installation and WD function. I would reccommend this to any friends towing a larger trailer.
Thanks for the Follow-up.
So far it has been excellent. No issues and reduced sway to almost nothing. At first I did struggle to connect it due to the fact that I was not on completely level ground but that was obviously operator error. The 4 star rating is due to no instructions coming with the product at all. I had to rely on past experience with hitches and watching YouTube videos to set this up.
I received my product as promised within a few days. I installed it within an hour of when I received it. Then I went out for a drive and tested the product and all of the things that I had seen on YouTube videos seem to be true. I am very pleased with this stress-free way to haul my trailer and it can be adjusted on the fly. We’ll see what happens when I head off for my 8000 mile trip. So far so good!
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