Adjustable Ball Mount that Can be Used with Friction Sway Control

Published 03/14/2014

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Question:

I see in the installation video you are using a standard adjustable ball mount with the friction style sway bar. I was wondering if there are any particular adjustable ball mounts you can or cannot use with friction sway. I have multiple vehicles with different hitch heights and this may solve my issue, All the weight distribution with sway built in doesnt allow you to use pins in ball mount compared to bolts?

asked by: Ed V

Expert Reply:

You can use sway control only with an adjustable ball mount in one of two ways. First, you could use sway control bracket # RP26003 which will fit a ball mount platform up to 2.610 inches wide. It also has a 1 inch diameter hitch ball hole.

The other option is to weld on a sway control bracket # 3442. Welding should be performed by a qualified professional welder.

For an adjustable ball mount that already has a sway control portion on it we have # 7390. It is rated for 6,000 pounds gross trailer weight and 600 pounds tongue weight. It has a max rise of 3-3/4 inches and max drop of 5-1/4 inches.

Head units for weight distribution systems bolt on because you can angle the head for fine-tuning to tow the trailer level. Pins would not work for this since there would not be a tight fit. There are weight distribution systems that have the ears for sway bars.

For example, Pro Series system, # PS49583, and other Pro Series systems, have the ears for the sway bar style sway control. I have included a picture showing the head for you. To choose a weight distribution system I would need to know the total tongue weight. This is calculated by taking the tongue weight of the trailer when loaded and ready to tow and adding to that the weight of any cargo loaded behind the rear axle of the tow vehicle.