I will be towing a 2008 15 T with a 2010 Dodge Ram 1/2 ton pickup. I have a OEM brake controller installed. I used to tow a 19 foot travel trailer and used a friction bar and it's still available. I would have to have the attachment ball put on the 15 T tongue. I was told that I wouldn't need a friction bar. When ever I had sway with my 19 foot trailer I would just tap the trailer brakes and it straightened out but it had tandum axles.

Thank You

Hi Johnnie,

You ask a good question. One that has actually been discussed to some depth in this forum.

Recommend you type "anti sway bars" into the HTF Search window. It will bring up several threads that should provide the answer to your question. Specifically, check out the thread titled: "Tow Systems."

Jim

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1967 17' Hi-Lo Bon Voyage (1967-1969)
1969 19' Hi-Lo Bon Voyage (1969-2011)
2004 27' Hi-Lo TowLite (2010-present)
2007 Chevy Suburban

I brought my Hi Lo home via the express way. I discovered that it has a 2 inch ball. I had to take out my 2 5/16 ball hitch and put the 2 inch in. With no anti sway device the trailer track perfect with no sway. Question answered.

Tandem or single axle doesnt make any difference. What makes the difference is the weight of the trailer and the weight of the truck. If the truck weighs less than the trailer, you are in trouble. After pulling a 21' hilo with a one ton toyota truck I thought load equalizing hitch was enough. But the truck weighed 4000 lbs and the trailer 5500. No problem for years and thousands of miles. Then one day on a dry road with no traffic and no cross wind, it started, and got worse, then we were sideways at 55 mph. Totaled both truck and trailer. I use a pullrite hitch now and forget about it. No sway to control.

The point is you may not need a WDH with sway control till it suddenly happens then it is to late. I have talked to people that have had the same experience as Paul Van Velzer, having towed thousands of miles and then it happened, tow vehicle and trailer totaled. These people were lucky that the lived to tell me the story.

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(215TL) - 1995 21' TowLite
(2209T) - 2009 22' TowLite
99 Ford Explorer 4DR 4X4

My answer to your question would be; You don't know when you are going to need it. If you have it you won't have to worry as to when.

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