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Seanl
Senior Member Joined: 19 Sep 2011 Location: Fredericton NB Online Status: Offline Posts: 633 |
Topic: Help on sway control and hitch Posted: 29 Nov 2013 at 11:36pm |
Weight distribution hitch. A hitch that transfers some of the weight off of the rear of the TV and into the front wheels of the TV and the trailer axle. |
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Sean, 2011 Rpod RP-173,2009 Jeep Liberty Rocky Mountain Edition
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hogone
Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1049 |
Posted: 30 Nov 2013 at 8:12am |
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Jon & Pam
2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD |
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hogone
Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1049 |
Posted: 30 Nov 2013 at 8:19am |
trying to research before i ask, but i guess i'm not finding what i'm looking for. so it appears a sway/friction bar attaches to the camper with bolts/screws and to the tv on the shank on a small ball. do i need to get a new shank for this or is there an adapter? jloftin 60, you posted a picture of one that seems of interest to me. where is that from? i didn't see it on etrailer. appreciate any info. also, do these need to be disconnected when backing, making sharp turns whether going forward or backing? hogone
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Jon & Pam
2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD |
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Seanl
Senior Member Joined: 19 Sep 2011 Location: Fredericton NB Online Status: Offline Posts: 633 |
Posted: 30 Nov 2013 at 8:38am |
This is the E2 Trunion Weight Distribution Hitch from Fastway. It combines friction sway control with Weight Distribution. You in no way have to go this route. Many here just go with a bolt on friction sway control. I went this route because my wife found the bouncing up and down the the TV did when we hit a bump uncomfortable. The two bars are spring bars that resist the rear of the TV sagging and bouncing. They also transfer some weight of the weight off of the tounge to the front wheels of the TV and the axle of the trailer. |
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Sean, 2011 Rpod RP-173,2009 Jeep Liberty Rocky Mountain Edition
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hogone
Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1049 |
Posted: 30 Nov 2013 at 9:44am |
ok, still researching. now i see what outbound means in regards to the weld on bracket!!! just green in this area!!! i see they sell shanks with the bracket on, but haven't seen one with a 4 inch drop, but i guess a good welder could do it right. ok, now another question. if your only using one bar, does it matter on which side you put it on? etrailer and the hitch store have a curt bar for $46. any thoughts. thanks for everyone's input, hogone
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Jon & Pam
2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD |
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hogone
Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1049 |
Posted: 01 Dec 2013 at 9:40am |
just purchased the bracket and bar from etrailer............$84.95
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Jon & Pam
2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD |
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Sleepless
Senior Member Joined: 07 Jun 2013 Location: Titusville, FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 556 |
Posted: 01 Dec 2013 at 11:00am |
You had mentioned a bracket that had to be welded on to the tongue. Mine is attached with 6 self-tapping screws which only require large pilot holes.
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2014 R-Pod 178 (OUR POD)
2009 Chevrolet Avalanche |
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hogone
Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1049 |
Posted: 01 Dec 2013 at 11:16am |
sleepless: I was talking about a bracket that gets welded to the receiver hitch for the ball for the sway bar to attach to. ya, the bracket that attaches to the pod is screwed in. I found a bracket that just fits under the ball however, like the picture jloftin60 posted. i think outbound used the bracket that gets welded onto the receiver hitch. hope that all makes sense. do you find that a sway bar helps alot?
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Jon & Pam
2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD |
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jato
Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3252 |
Posted: 01 Dec 2013 at 4:41pm |
We purchased our 177 nearly 3 years ago and brought it home in March during a snowstorm; no problem with sway, even though we had a fair amount of wind traveling across the U.P. of Michigan.
The first 'shakedown trip" was another experience however. Once we got above 45 MPH we got a massive amount of sway with about a 10-15mph crosswind. We opted to spend the big bucks, about $ 85.00 and got a sway bar for our Explorer; problem solved, never had an issue since that was installed. Maybe for some of you big boys with the longer wheelbase this is not necessary, but for those of us with smaller TV's and shorter wheelbases, this is a must in my opinion. |
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God's pod
'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 01 Dec 2013 at 5:01pm |
Either side of the tongue is fine for a friction sway bar. You DO need to remove the friction bar from one ball or the other while backing. You do not need to do anything while backing with a WDH.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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