Posted by bc on February 01, 2010 at 22:44:29 from (71.158.221.179):
In Reply to: O/T Trailer sway bars posted by 37 chief on January 31, 2010 at 20:26:35:
Stan, I'm not sure anyone answered your question on how to use them. I used one with my 22' travel trailer behind my 93 ford exploder 6 banger. The two bars and chains are for the load leveling equilizer hitch and the anti-sway bar is to stop the sway. Two different functions.
Jack the trailer down on the ball on the equilizer hitch and tighten up the ball. Jack it back up so the ball and rear end of the vehicle come up a little. Hook up the two bars, one on each side, and hook the chains up (onto the brackets mounted on the trailer) as tight as you can get them. When you jack the trailer back down till you pulled the jack up to its limit for traveling, the weight of the trailer and hitch will be on the bars and chains. If you don't think the bars are taking enough weight or if you are close to getting another chain link to hook, then just jack the rear end up a little higher (after the hitch ball is engaged of course).
The little ball is for a flat bar style "anti-sway bar". One end fits over the ball and the other end hooks onto the side of the trailer tongue where the bracket for it is. Then tighten up the tightening screw lever on the anti-sway bar. They can be a life saver when a big travel trailer starts getting wind whipped around or when you are passed by a semi on a windy day.
The equalizer hitch should have adjustment holes so that the trailer is level when all hooked up.
I pulled that trailer all over the mountains and up to Jellystone Nat. Park with that kind of hitch and couldn't have done it without it.
Seems like the hitch and bars weight a hundred pounds by themselves.
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