[A/S] Swinging' from the ball recap

["Richard Dorsten" <richarddorsten@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

After reviewing the picture and reading all the messages, I find it 
hard to tell what kind of hitch was on the trailer,but from the 
picture, which is so small, it does look like there are not any lift 
bars on the hitch. It would not surprise me, if this is the case, 
there probably wasn't any brake controller in the vehicle either. I 
stand by my reasoning, that no matter what kind of hitch you use, if 
it is not set-up right, it will not work to it's best ability. I 
have seen some pretty sorry hook-ups, in my 30 plus years of rv'ing. 
Some people think if you have lift bars on, that will prevent 
swaying. Well to some extent this may be right, if they are put on 
right, and the right hitch height is used, but nothing helps more 
then a good sway control. I am a big firm believer in having the 
proper hitch height. If I load my tow vehicle with much heavier 
things then usual, I check and if needed change the hitch height. 
This can be a pain in the butt sometimes, but I have found it to be 
the safe thing to do. I use Reese hitch with a dual cam sway control 
and have had no problems. I have changed the hitch height on my 
Suburban to only tow 30 miles. It only takes a short distance to 
lose control and it only takes a few minutes  to make your set-up 
safe. This is my thoughts on this. Richard in Southwest Ohio