Re: [A/S] hitches...cars,,.trucks

[bob.basques@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I can second this from experience, although
I didn't entirely get rid of the Swap hitch (Equalier Hitch).

I had the same setup, 1999 F350 Crewcab, Long box Dually, and had the 
Sway bars set very lightly, almost no effect from them, but they seemed 
to only marginally cancel any sway.  I pulled the trailer 31' Excella 
early on with no Equalier hitch, and didn't at any time feel out of 
control.  Of course the weight of thee truck being roughly equal to the 
trailer probably had a lot to do with it.

I wouldn't have had a problem with towing without the sway control at all.

It really does com down to having the right vehicele up front to tow 
with in my opinion.  The longer the wheel base the better.

For comparision,  we just traded in the F350 for a 2002 Excursion, While 
it weighs roughly the same as the F350 did, It does have a shorter 
wheelbase and NO Dually Axle out back.  It seems to catch the wind more 
noticably as a consequence.  I will feel much better with the eaqualizer 
than without.


Some other thoughts on the subject,  I don't ever recall any of the RV 
trailer transports (where they haul a trailer on the  Flat bed with 
another out back ever having a Equalizer hitch installed.  They are 
using the same SuperDuty chassis that the F350 was built on.  I 
attribute this to the fact that they load the towveichle correctly and 
wisely always have the tow vehicle set to the appropriate weight for 
hauling (towing) the second trailer.


Just some more food for thought.

bobb