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Old 05-27-2019, 07:55 AM   #1
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Looking to upgrade to Husky Ceterline

Hi all, I currently have a Reese Pro round bar system and hate the separate sway bar system. I hate this setup with a passion as it does not handle sway well at all! I am looking to upgrade to the Husky Centerline but I think I have ran into a problem. When we bought our trailer the dealer installed the snap up brackets by drilling and then bolting it to the frame. The sway bar ball had to be drilled and bolted to the frame as well. My concern would be removing these assemblies and the possible holes they leave exposed. Also, would this put stress on the frame?
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Old 05-27-2019, 12:02 PM   #2
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No, those holes shouldn't be anything to worry about. They are relatively small in what is probably a 6" frame.

If you are worried, remove the brackets and just put the bolts back in to fill the holes. The husky can be moved a few inches forward and back to miss these. Unless of course your propane or something is in the way.
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Old 05-27-2019, 12:06 PM   #3
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When I removed mine, I just replaced the screws back into the holes.
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Thanks everyone!
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Old 05-28-2019, 10:36 PM   #5
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Get a Pro Pride

Just get a ProPride and eliminate trailer sway completely.
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Old 05-28-2019, 11:46 PM   #6
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As others have said, leave or fill the holes. Either way, you'll be fine.

My only suggestion on the Husky Centerline is buy the bars based on the ACTUAL tongue weight as opposed to the 10% of GVWR of your trailer. My trailer's GVWR is 7500ish pounds, bought the Centerline with the 600-800 pound bars and weighed my trailer. The tongue weight was closer to 850-900 and ended up upgrading to the 800-1200 bars. The heavier bars made a world of difference.
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Junk. Buy once, get the equalizer.
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As others have said, leave or fill the holes. Either way, you'll be fine.

My only suggestion on the Husky Centerline is buy the bars based on the ACTUAL tongue weight as opposed to the 10% of GVWR of your trailer. My trailer's GVWR is 7500ish pounds, bought the Centerline with the 600-800 pound bars and weighed my trailer. The tongue weight was closer to 850-900 and ended up upgrading to the 800-1200 bars. The heavier bars made a world of difference.
Yep, I did this. If you need 6 to 800# bars we can make a deal.

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Junk. Buy once, get the equalizer.
We have the centerline and it performs awesome!

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x3 on the Husky.. It can be a bit noisy but it works great for us..
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Junk. Buy once, get the equalizer.
A solid statement with no backing.

Please justify your response and actually sell the Equalizer.

What are the differences to make it superior?
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A solid statement with no backing.

Please justify your response and actually sell the Equalizer.

What are the differences to make it superior?
I don't see very much difference between the Centerline and the Equal-i-zer, except for that little catch for the bars. Functionally, they look like they do and function exactly the same way.*

But, if you want my opinion, that compression cylinder is just a part waiting to fail. Whereas the Equal-i-zer is still metal to metal.*

In my evaluation, they look to be about 50/50. I am currently using a 4 point Equal-i-zer and have absolutely no issues with it. I have the plastic pad on the L bracket which helps reduce noise. But really, I don't notice any noise anyway over the sound of my diesel engine. Just my 2 cents, the equalizer is a better investment, but if you must save a dollar feel warm and fuzzy by watching this, bahabaha! https://youtu.be/Jz-rgndtVbw
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I don't see very much difference between the Centerline and the Equal-i-zer, except for that little catch for the bars. Functionally, they look like they do and function exactly the same way.*

But, if you want my opinion, that compression cylinder is just a part waiting to fail. Whereas the Equal-i-zer is still metal to metal.*

In my evaluation, they look to be about 50/50. I am currently using a 4 point Equal-i-zer and have absolutely no issues with it. I have the plastic pad on the L bracket which helps reduce noise. But really, I don't notice any noise anyway over the sound of my diesel engine. Just my 2 cents, the equalizer is a better investment, but if you must save a dollar feel warm and fuzzy by watching this, bahabaha! https://youtu.be/Jz-rgndtVbw
Make sure you get the right TS

Husky Center Line Towing System:
This has been the Husky prime product for some time, it uses the compression cylinders in the WD head.

Husky Center Line TS:
This is the new product that DOES NOT use the compression cylinders.
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