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Ratdog
Moderator Group Joined: 11 Mar 2010 Location: Central Florida Status: Offline Points: 1175 |
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Good for you, Roxy!
Tell us about what happened that made you a believer (wind gust, oncoming trucks, emergency maneuver?). Maybe your experience will be useful to other members here. -- Steve
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Steve, Anne, and Paige the Rat Terrier 2013 Lexus RX 450h Hybrid AWD 2011 RP-177 (aka: The Circus Wagon) |
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Kenn
Senior Member Joined: 15 Jan 2010 Location: Fort Drum, NY Status: Offline Points: 612 |
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Because you can't lay on a sway bar after you had a rough time recovering from a crosswind trip.
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2010 RPOD 176 (Silly-POD), 2011 Forest River Stealth 2612, and 2014 Forest River XLR 380AMP |
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tpierce220
Senior Member Joined: 16 Jan 2011 Location: Oswego, IL Status: Offline Points: 249 |
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That's the funniest thing I read this morning. I needed that.
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tsunami
Senior Member Joined: 05 Oct 2009 Location: MINNESOTA Status: Offline Points: 426 |
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Last summer, I came up on a towed rig that was wandering all over its lane and partially into the passing lane. It was whipping sideways enough I thought that I better get beyond it. As I passed the rig...a small SUV and an about 18 ft travel trailer...I noticed that the trailer did not have a WDH nor sway bars. I bet every single thing in the cabinets and drawers were on the floor when they finally stopped to camp. From the license plates, they had to have traveled at least 500 miles like that.
I would have been a total basket case if it had been me. |
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Ratdog
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Now that is totally hilarious. I am ROFLMAO and unable to get up off the floor You also completely sum up the point I was trying to make. C'mon folks, get those sway controls on your rigs. You will be very happy that you did. They really don't cost that much. -- Steve
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Steve, Anne, and Paige the Rat Terrier 2013 Lexus RX 450h Hybrid AWD 2011 RP-177 (aka: The Circus Wagon) |
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czardastx
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I have sway control and am glad I do. Last year, traveling east out of Abilene, TX I was caught in a rainstorm. The rain was coming across the interstate horizontally. To say that I had a strong crosswind would be putting it mildly.
I never had a problem with the Pod. It towed like there was no wind blowing on the side of it. No sway, no bucking, no sudden jerking or such. I'm thankful for that because I was able to concentrate on driving and not on correcting for the Pod being blown around. |
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retired Roxy
Senior Member Joined: 26 Aug 2009 Location: SoCA, Status: Offline Points: 119 |
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It was suggested that i share my experiences that made me a believer in a sway bar. In NM i was traveling on an up and down road (small quick hills) with sharp curves. The second time i had to apply my brakes for a quick stop. I could feel the trailer 'wave' back and forth behind me. I slowed down until it was under control. I was not speeding traveling around 50 the whole trip cause my gas milage was the worst. Up hill on '40' from barstow to NM, hills, head winds, etc.
BTW, i too have a problem with 'stuff' occasionally all over will the sway bar help that or just the EHitch? |
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tsunami
Senior Member Joined: 05 Oct 2009 Location: MINNESOTA Status: Offline Points: 426 |
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From my experiences, the EHitch stops unwanted up-and-down motions. My sway bars help reduce side to side motions (aka 'sway').
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jato
Senior Member Joined: 26 Jun 2011 Location: Kewadin, MI Status: Offline Points: 209 |
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I don't have an EHitch so I cannot make a comment on that however since installation of the sway bar we have had zero issues with 'stuff' moving around inside the pod. If you had to make an emergency stop or something similar, then you may have a few things move around.
Last fall we traveled for 14 days from Michigan to Montana and back again. We had some really nasty roads in eastern Montana just outside of North Dakota on US-2 for about 10-12 miles, the top speed we could reasonably go was 35. At times we were creeping at 10-15 because the pot holes and dirt road was so bad. When we arrived at our destination later that day I was pleasantly surprised to find that nothing had moved. As many previous posters have indicated, for the price of around $ 100 or less, it is WELL worth the few peso's spent, and we aren't even addressing the safety factor, which is even more important (IMHO) to me than stuff moving around inside. |
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'11 model 177 '13 Ford Explorer Jim & Diane by beautiful Torch Lake |
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marc515
Senior Member Joined: 06 Apr 2011 Status: Offline Points: 143 |
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We also did a lot of research, and eneded up with the E2 WDH, and our MPG tows better with the WDH.
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Best Regards,.....Marc & Joan
And....Tucker (our yellow lab) 2011 Heartland MPG-181 2011 Nissan Pathfinder USMC 69-73 God Bless all our Men & Women in Uniform |
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