Yes, I spent last night comparing the two. Husky has a model that is new that has sway built in but I don't know if this place close to me has it. I will know more tomorrow after check out the Husky system.

Thanks for everybody's help and advice.

 

I followed what Joe suggested when I setup my wd system for my tt. I have a 35 ft tt with approx 1000 lb tongue weight using a Equal-i-zer wd hitch.

The problem I ran into was I could make big changes on my bars and could not measure a difference on my wheelwell height. After talking to some members on rv.net, I went to a CAT scale and used a scale to setup my hitch. It seemed that the front end had settled in a position and I could not measure any change. I weighed the front and rear axles of the truck and also dropped the trailer and measured an approx tongue weight and rear axle weights. I then hooked the tt and truck together and weighed. This gave me the difference with the tt attached. I then proceded to adjust my bars to get my front end weight back to were I wanted it.

My truck and tt weighed at 18,000 lbs. We took a 2000 mile trip from MO to NC and it handled well except for the rough roads that we came across.

I personally would use a scale to make sure your actual weights are were you need them.

Mike

 

Ok, you guys have lost me with this CAT scale stuff. I have no clue how those work. Does the CAT scale take different weight measurements while the vehicle is on it?

 

Yes...

A CAT scale is what you find at a truck stop or what the trucks pull into on the road side stops.

At a truck stop you can use the CAT scale for a cost...typically they charge you $8 or $9 for the FIRST weigh that day and then $1 for each additional one within 24 hours of the first.

There are typically THREE independent scale surfaces where you can pull onto and have your front axle on one, your rear axle on another and BOTH TT axles on the third.

When I wrote about the different measurements you should take above with the tape measure on the wheel wells...

Well...you will do the same thing BUT this time you will get actual WEIGHTS of your vehicle.

So in #1 you would get a BASELINE front and rear axle weight

#2 would be a measurement so you can get your tongue weight from

#3 is where you would sit and tweak and iterate your WD bars to get the front axle weight to match what you had in #1...

The scale is a much more accurate way to determine the weight and balance of your setup and is why I suggested you hit a scale after you did the wheel well method...the scale will get you where you need to go without question...

Sometimes on certain vehicles (GM's mostly) there are hard stops in the front suspension that does not allow much compression...and the tape measure method is ineffective...

Does that help?

 

Yes, that helps. Thanks! I did not think their was such a process in this. I am definetly learing alot here.

 

Joe explains it well. There is alot of info on the web. Some of the best is at RV.Net Open Roads Forum: Towing

There is alot of info from people that have been using travel trailers and setting up wd hitches. There is alot of people that are towing with valuable cargo (family) that don't understand how easy it is for something to happen in an fraction of a second that could possibly have been prevented.

 

Yes I have three little ones and this is my first big trailer so I want to make sure I have everything set up properly. I will check out RV.net.

 

BTW...you and your family will LOVE RV'ing!

We have been doing it since our kids were 6 and 8...they are now 13 and 15 and after this 4500 mile trip we're taking to and through ND, MT, ID (new states), SD and home...they will hit 40 states they have physically been in...!

Some of the best and funny family memories we've made have been in the middle of some no-where road when something happens that we have always remembered!...enjoy the RV experience with your family!...

As far as RV.net...I haven't posted over there in a while but my screen name is crappie_fisherman over there...

A couple of individuals you want to look up are JBarca, LAdams and BarneyS. I have camped with these guys many times. LAdams is the moderator in the RV.Net Open Roads Forum: Travel Trailers forum and Barney is the moderator in the RV.Net Open Roads Forum: Towing forum and JBarca is what I'll call a hitch setup expert!...if you have any questions...these guys are the top shelf with hitch and WD setups...

I'd highly recommend the Equal-I-zer or Reese DC for a WD/Sway control hitch...it does look like Husky makes a center line hitch which has sway control and WD...Reese also has a similar system...but from everything I have read on the web the Equal-I-zer remains the champ...and that link I gave you has a smoking price on it delivered to your door!

Good luck,
Joe.