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Topic: Good and Bad about Blue Ox Sway Pro

Posted By: Rescue16 on 01/22/13 07:07pm

I just purchased a 2013 Cougar 32RBK travel trailer and I am towing it with a 2006 Ford F350 Crew Cab With the 6.0 Powerstroke. I am looking at getting the Blue Ox Sway Pro and would like to here the good and bad about this WD/Sway control. With my previous RV and vehicle (21SS Shamrock Hybrid and Ford E250 Conversion van) I used the Equalizer and all the experience was great it was really noisy.

Thanks in advance for taking a moment to tell me the good and bad!!


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2013 Keystone Cougar 32RBK
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Posted By: carringb on 01/22/13 07:26pm

I don't see how it controls sway at all. The hitch head is greased for low friction. The video claims the tension on the bars is the sway control. However every conventional WD hitch does the exact same thing, which really doesn't do anything for sway.


2000 Ford E450 V10 VAN! 450,000+ miles
2014 ORV really big trailer
2015 Ford Focus ST



Posted By: lots2seeinmyrv on 01/22/13 07:29pm

We have the Blue Ox Sway Pro 1,000 lbs bars, 10,000 lbs rating. Have used it almost 2 years now with no problems. Very easy to set up, hitch head is very heavy though, solid. Locking the bars in is a lot easier that any other system we used. You just use the wrench they give you, easy. Very quiet while towing and backing up. No noise at all going over bumps or bridges or making turns. We have had no sway with semi's passing. Very easy to take off. Stable under hard or quick braking. The hitch head part is reversable...so you can flip it over if it needs to be higher or lower off the ground for level. Read the directions on this. Worth the price and would buy it again. Got it through PPL in TX free shipping.

You will get comments from people who have never used it. We have it and do use it. We used the cheap w/d set up before with the chains hanging off the pin, big difference.


Posted By: Francesca Knowles on 01/22/13 07:43pm

A w/d hitch with chains doesn't have sway control- for that you need one like the Equalizer or Blue Ox, which has rigid bars where the chains would be.

Of course, with properly sized/inflated tires, the correct load distribution, and the correct speed one doesn't need mechanical sway controls at all!

As is well known throughout most of the trailering world EXCEPT in North America...


" Not every mind that wanders is lost. " With apologies to J.R.R. Tolkien


Posted By: ReferDog on 01/22/13 08:41pm

Cons Heavy, cost a lot. Equi-lizer unit should work fine with your rig.


ReferDog 2008 Chevy 2500 HD Dura Max
Artic Fox 30U

Equlizer Hitch



Posted By: CHD Dad on 01/23/13 08:08am

Be aware they changed the design recently. The head no longer has any sway control and the head tilt is no longer adjustable. It used to be a very nice design, I think they really messed it up with the "new" design. From talking with them it was to simplify things for the consumer, I think it was to save money on their end even though it costs the same. I sent ours back when I couldnt find anyone with the old design in stock.


2012 FR Surveyor Sport 295
2015 Nissan NVP 3500 SL 5.6L
Tekonsha P3 / "New" Blue Ox Sway Pro


Posted By: BarneyS on 01/23/13 08:19am

Francesca Knowles wrote:

A w/d hitch with chains doesn't have sway control- for that you need one like the Equalizer or Blue Ox, which has rigid bars where the chains would be.

Of course, with properly sized/inflated tires, the correct load distribution, and the correct speed one doesn't need mechanical sway controls at all!

As is well known throughout most of the trailering world EXCEPT in North America...

For the new members who are just getting into trailering, just about every word in the above quote is in error. Please do not take what was posted as the anything close to the truth.
Barney


2004 Sunnybrook Titan 30FKS TT
Hensley "Arrow" 1400# hitch (Sold)
Not towing now.
Former tow vehicles were 2016 Ram 2500 CTD, 2002 Ford F250, 7.3 PSD, 1997 Ram 2500 5.9 gas engine



Posted By: Ozlander on 01/23/13 08:48am

Francesca Knowles wrote:

A w/d hitch with chains doesn't have sway control- for that you need one like the Equalizer or Blue Ox, which has rigid bars where the chains would be.

Of course, with properly sized/inflated tires, the correct load distribution, and the correct speed one doesn't need mechanical sway controls at all!

As is well known throughout most of the trailering world EXCEPT in North America...


What he said. True.


Ozlander

06 Yukon XL
2001 Trail-Lite 7253



Posted By: coolbreeze01 on 01/23/13 08:49am

I have the "old" style Sway Pro. Clean, quiet, simple, and effective. The head is heavy. I use the electric jack to raise the pickup and set the chains by hand, no strain. Been happy with it for over 5 years. Good luck.


2008 Ram 3500 With a Really Strong Tractor Motor...........
LB, SRW, 4X4, 6-Speed Auto, 3.73, Prodigy P3, Blue Ox Sway Pro........
2014 Sandsport 26FBSL


Posted By: uprighter on 03/07/13 09:49am

I too am considering the blue ox sway pro. Anybody out there able to explain the difference between standard vs. underslung coupler?


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