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09-28-2015, 06:02 PM
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09-28-2015, 07:03 PM
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Equalizer hitches use friction bars and no chains. Except breakaway safety chains.
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09-28-2015, 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Summer2Go
Oh and I have safety towing chains, not chains on my equalizer hitch. Do we not have the same hitch?
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Some WDH's have chains that attach the bars to the trailer frame. You adjust the hitch by changing how many links in the chain are in tension.
See one here: Pro Series RB3 Weight Distribution System with Shank - Round Bar - 10,000 lbs GTW, 1,000 lbs TW Pro Series Weight Distribution PS49583
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09-28-2015, 07:55 PM
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Lower your trailer hitch onto the ball on your TV until it locks easily in place. You may need to "rock" the TV a little to get it to latch in. I install a regular lock onto the hitch at this point, or put one of those keeper bars thru the hitch handle. Now the trick -
Raise the tongue of the trailer again with the tongue jack (you will be raising the back of your tow vehicle as well). It's great at this point to have an electric tongue jack. Raise the tongue until it is above the level that you will tow - then attach the chains from the equalizing bars to to the tongue and lock them in place. Have the tongue high enough so that the chains go on easliy - THEN retract your tongue jack all the way to the stowed position. This will apply the torque to the bars and you haven't struggled with it at all!
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I Roo The Day...
Thanks for this... It took me about six trips to figure this out on my own.
Sitting in my driveway, which has a downward slope it was easy to hook to the 3rd link in the chain on my hitch (suggested to me by the TT PDI guy)... but on flat ground it was impossible to get past two links... then I figured out that I could duplicate the downward slope of my driveway by jacking up the rear end with the electric jack... Now I always hook to the third link in the hitch chain without a problem.
Luv that electric jack!
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09-28-2015, 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by rsdata
I Roo The Day...
Thanks for this... It took me about six trips to figure this out on my own.
Sitting in my driveway, which has a downward slope it was easy to hook to the 3rd link in the chain on my hitch (suggested to me by the TT PDI guy)... but on flat ground it was impossible to get past two links... then I figured out that I could duplicate the downward slope of my driveway by jacking up the rear end with the electric jack... Now I always hook to the third link in the hitch chain without a problem.
Luv that electric jack!
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I think some folks here have had lousy PDI's.
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2009 Silverado 1500 Ext Cab, 5.3L, 4x4, 3.73
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09-28-2015, 08:15 PM
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I think some folks here have had lousy PDI's.
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09-28-2015, 08:17 PM
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So PXT, what have you decided with all this info?
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09-28-2015, 08:21 PM
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So PXT, what have you decided with all this info?
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I'm now confused....lol...thinking of cheapingout and getting a harbor freight hitch set up. Any more recommendations?
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09-28-2015, 09:03 PM
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thinking of cheapingout and getting a harbor freight hitch set up
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Inexpensive and works well!
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09-28-2015, 09:15 PM
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Sent you a PM. Any where near Southern New England?
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09-28-2015, 09:35 PM
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Sent you a PM. Any where near Southern New England?
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Northern NJ
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09-28-2015, 09:45 PM
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Ahh, close but not close enough. I have a 5 year old Curt WD am willing to let go for $75 includes 2 5/16th 6 mo ball. But New Haven-ish would be as low as I go to part with it. WD itself did great with my last HTT which was 2 ft shorter yanking with my suv. Once I pushed 25 ft. It got a bit scary without sway.
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09-29-2015, 05:28 AM
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Ahh, close but not close enough. I have a 5 year old Curt WD am willing to let go for $75 includes 2 5/16th 6 mo ball. But New Haven-ish would be as low as I go to part with it. WD itself did great with my last HTT which was 2 ft shorter yanking with my suv. Once I pushed 25 ft. It got a bit scary without sway.
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I appreciate your offer.
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09-29-2015, 05:59 AM
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Husky Center Line TS
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Originally Posted by pxt
I'm now confused....lol...thinking of cheapingout and getting a harbor freight hitch set up. Any more recommendations?
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You really should consider the Husky hitch. It is inexpensive and does a great job of weight distribution and sway control. It is also very quiet.
Bruce
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09-29-2015, 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by nomad297
You really should consider the Husky hitch. It is inexpensive and does a great job of weight distribution and sway control. It is also very quiet.
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Which model bruce?
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09-29-2015, 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by thestrangebrew
I've got the Andersen WDH and love it.
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+1 Here in Anderson also less stuff to store, had a Camco bar setup but bars are annoying
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09-29-2015, 04:26 PM
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Summer2Go
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So maybe they should've sold me a different hitch. The Equalizer keeps the trailer totally in line, though. If I ever go bigger in a trailer, I will keep the hitch, after all I have gone through breaking it in!
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09-29-2015, 05:59 PM
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I believe my hitch is a Curt, but very similar to the Pro Series that was referred to. My Bars are sometimes difficult to disconnect from the hitch on the truck. We usually just pull the pin and take the entire assembly off the truck and lay it by the trailer. I suppose it could possibly be stolen that way, but then there is no huge hitch sticking out from the truck to bang your knee on. My wife and I don't have much problem picking it back up and stabbing it into the receiver. Maybe in a few years we will feel differently about this.
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09-29-2015, 06:33 PM
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I have a Curt and used it for 5 years on my last HTT. It is just wd and no sway (you can add the Reese bar or bars to it). Never had any issue pulling that 22' trailer. The IKSS swayed since day 1 pulling it home. So bad it threw the sway light on the dash and cut engine power. Thought it was the setup the dealer had done (also the completely full tanks of water they left me with after the PDI). Played around a bit with it for our only trip with the camper last fall. Still swayed like crazy. Did some more configuration changes in the spring. Helped a little but not enough. So I bought a Blue Ox. 3 long trips since. No more sway.
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09-29-2015, 06:57 PM
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Which model bruce?
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The Husky Center Line TS.
Bruce
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