JBarca wrote:
I have tried to find a pic of new or old one installed on a truck. Found one but did not want to link here not knowing the person. I think they are even an RV net member.
Many who have used them state they work well. And not dis-doubting them as their rig may be stable like it should be.
The WD part hands down works. At this point it is not clear the level of how effective is the anti sway portion as compared to other brands in the high friction category.
I have tried to find a pic of new or old one installed on a truck. Found one but did not want to link here not knowing the person. I think they are even an RV net member.
Many who have used them state they work well. And not dis-doubting them as their rig may be stable like it should be.
The WD part hands down works. At this point it is not clear the level of how effective is the anti sway portion as compared to other brands in the high friction category.
Here is a pic of mine on the Frontier the day I was setting it up. As shown here, a trip to the scales showed that I was restoring nearly all the weight again to the front axle. Without WD I was pulling 300 pounds off the front axle.
This is what we are referring to as the old style head, but the more recent rotating brackets. As you can see this style brackets makes it easy to deal with any obstructions there like propane tanks.
As far as how this hitch might compare to other brands regarding sway control, I can't comment because this is the only WD/sway control hitch I have used on this truck/trailer combo.
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Hooking it up is simple although to make things easier a got a Breaker Bar with the correct size socket to assist in hooking it up instead of using the handle they supply which the rubber handle slips of always at the wrong time. Well come back with a full review after I replace the shocks and get a few more miles of testing.
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uprighter wrote:
From what I've read, this is not the current model. The have eliminated the adjustment bolts on the bottom and the head tilt.
From what I've read, this is not the current model. The have eliminated the adjustment bolts on the bottom and the head tilt.
Hi, yes you are correct. I posted the older model so we can see the differences. The new model is on the 1st page of this thread
BTW, I see you are from Hudson Valley NY. I grew up and lived there 32 years in the lower Hudson Valley. Greenport area just outside of Hudson. Could see Olana state park from the farm house.
See here. It will not post directly from some odd reason, but I can link it.
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moved towards the rear axle
Nothing is perfect and nothing is purely bad
I still like the PullRite, but it's issues have not been resolved in my mind
Am liking this Blue Ox Sway Pro much more as the details come forth
Like the trunnion bar pivot design, but do not like friction embedded into it's
pivot point.
The stoutness of their design makes the others flimsy and always hearing of how
they wore or cracked the socket portion of the head
Friction at the pivot point where the leverage arm is waaaaaaaaaaaay down there
by the end of the trunnion will have the amount of friction required HIGH and
the wear from that will be fast
'IF' there is to be a friction component, then I'd make the head top trunnion flange much larger
and have the friction material on top of the trunnion bar. As the trunnion bar
forces increase, so does the level of friction. Or some such design
The folks who like the quick setup/take down of the Andersen should noodle this one
Unhook looks like seconds for the chain and do see that my own tools would be
way better than their supplied wrench
Trunnions come out with a twist and pull after the chains are relieved of tension
Some questions and one is the amount of head tilt they dialed into the casting
which then is NOT adjustable...guess there will be some which will require more...but
then bigger or higher rated bars would then transfer more weight that head tilting
is all about (not enough distance to tension the bars on a other WD systems)
Never like to drill into a stressed member and the clamp-on interesting, but
don't like the potential of sliding along the tongue member. That can be solved
with a cross member locking their clamp on chain tension-er
The more I noodle this one, the more I like it !
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It looked very well built but when I got the new design I was apparently one of the first to get it. Even Blue Ox couldnt help me much with all my questions on the new design over the phone or emails so I ended up sending it back.
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The brackets have not moved along the frame on the trailer tongue. I just tightened the set bolts down tight, and they have not come loose and like I said, the saddles have not moved.
Y'all made me curious what it all really weighs. I just took the scales out there. The head itself weighs 68 pounds, with of course the ball. The bars and chains weigh 12 pounds.
I too am not real impressed with the wrench they provide to turn the chain-up brackets. Since I carry a 2 foot breaker bar ( and torque wrench ) in the toolbox anyway, I just added a socket for the brackets.
EDIT: just an FYI if someone comes across and is using one of the old style heads like mine, there are four bolts on the bottom that actually capture the trunnions to the head assembly. The previously mentioned two that 'adjust' the tension for sway control, and two smaller bolts. The two smaller bolts are to have loctite applied and be torqued to 47 ft-lb. This detail was not in the original instructions that came with mine, so I emailed them to ask. They replied with a follow-up tech bulletin that gave me the spec.
* This post was edited 03/13/13 03:42pm by gmw photos *