Weight Distribution Hitches for Trailering; Any Suggestions?

[Slippy]

Mrs Slippy and I traded in our old Travel Trailer and upgraded last year.

We took our older and lighter trailer out west to Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota and Utah a number of times and plan on heading out again sometime early summer this year with our new rig. Its very windy out west.

New travel trailer rig weighs 7500 Fully Loaded. F250 6.2 Gas tow capacity is 12,500, so I have plenty of tow capability with my truck. Problem is on some of our weekend trips, I notice a bit of a sway on the trailer. Trailer is 10'6" tall so its a big wind sail.

Any suggestions on a Weight Distribution Anti-Sway Hitches? I currently have a B&W Stow and Tow Hitch but will need to upgrade to add Weight Distribution Hitch.

My research has me leaning to Andersen Hitches;
https://andersenhitches.com/product/...ibution-hitch/

But any suggestions welcome.

[Mad Trapper]

I'm still on the farm.

Will learn from this one.

[Slippy]

I'm still on the farm.

Will learn from this one.

Its interesting, most of my life I've towed flat trailers with cargo being; 4 wheelers, tractors, the occasional jeep or car with no sway whatsoever. Our old travel trailer was only 9' tall and 5000 lbs. No sway at all anytime.

This new travel trailer swayed one time hugely when I was driving on a wet windy day and I hit the trailer control brake and got it back in check but it has been on my mind as I plan my western US trip.

[Slippy]

The Andersen Hitch

[rstanek]

We have a 34 ft travel trailer and us an EZ Lift weight distribution and a friction sway bar. Ez lift is rated at 1400 pounds. Travel trailer gross weight is 10,000 pounds

[red442joe]

I use an Easy Lift weight distributing hitch.
I am of the mind that weight distribution is the only real means of controlling sway.
Not slidy things, not grippy-grabby things, not shock absorby things.
Weight distribution.
Weigh the Fully loaded, (likely Improperly loaded) trailer, move stuff to the front to get proper tongue weight, drop it on the truck. If the truck squats, get a weight distributing hitch. CALL the manufactures tech line for advise: they are sitting there just waiting for YOU to call.

Joe

[Slippy]

We have a 34 ft travel trailer and us an EZ Lift weight distribution and a friction sway bar. Ez lift is rated at 1400 pounds. Travel trailer gross weight is 10,000 pounds

I use an Easy Lift weight distributing hitch.
I am of the mind that weight distribution is the only real means of controlling sway.
Not slidy things, not grippy-grabby things, not shock absorby things.
Weight distribution.
Weigh the Fully loaded, (likely Improperly loaded) trailer, move stuff to the front to get proper tongue weight, drop it on the truck. If the truck squats, get a weight distributing hitch. CALL the manufactures tech line for advise: they are sitting there just waiting for YOU to call.

Joe

How is backing up with the Easy Lift Hitch? Do the bars get in the way of tight turns?

[T-Man 1066]

Can't speak to towing travel trailers, but once I started pulling my 26' 7 ton gooseneck, tag trailers are only for class B (5000#) or smaller. Goosenecks tow like a dream, not sensitive to tongue weight.

[Denton]

If my memory serves me, we used Reese sway bars. They worked really well. Smooth as silk on the road and no problem backing.
That was decades ago. I’m ignint about the new-fangled gadgets.

[red442joe]

How is backing up with the Easy Lift Hitch? Do the bars get in the way of tight turns?

No problem. You can jack-knife the trailer a full ninety degrees.
The bars don't get in the way on turns; you set up the hitch so when the bars are loaded, the ends are at or below the bottom of the trailer frame. You leave plenty of length to the chains(you'll know what that neans when you set one up)
The only real problem I saw with the easy lift was people set the chains too short, and set the loaf transfer too high.
You can tighten the chains so much that you will unload the back of the truck!(too much weight to the front).

Joe