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WYrpodsters 
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I will be towing my R Pod with a 2011 V6 Tacoma pickup. Do we need an equilizer hitch or stabilizer bar?
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Posted: 19 Aug 2011 at 8:46pm |
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The WDH, I don't know. My guess is that you don't need it. As far as the antisway, I wouldn't pull any trailer with any TV without one. I just don't think it's safe to have that thing able to "wag" like a dog's tail back there. You never know when you may have to make an emergency maneuver and you want everything working for you to keep that trailer tracking straight behind you if/when that happens. And antisway is inexpensive . . . less than $100. It's cheap insurance. Others will tell you otherwise, but that's my opinion with many years of towing different types of travel trailers with different tow vehicles. -- 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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WYrpodsters
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Posted: 19 Aug 2011 at 8:59pm |
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Thanks. Just so we are on the same page, you are talking about needing the sway stabilizer, correct?
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Posted: 19 Aug 2011 at 9:05pm |
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Yes, sorry, that's what I meant to write. I corrected my mistake in my message. -- Steve
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pentachris
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Posted: 19 Aug 2011 at 9:56pm |
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Ditto Steve. I agree completely.
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jato
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Posted: 23 Aug 2011 at 8:50pm |
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We had our swaybar installed just about 3 weeks ago and as the others have already said: "I wouldn't travel w/o it. We had encountered some hefty winds near the Mackinac Bridge between the lower and upper peninsula of Michigan and had to travel 45 mph or less so the 'tail' wasn't wagging the dog. Kind of scary to say the least. Since then we have had some strong cross winds with the sway bar and have encountered zero problems.
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thrasharound
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Posted: 23 Aug 2011 at 11:42pm |
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We use a anti sway bar and it really helps.
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pmjensen
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Posted: 24 Aug 2011 at 9:34am |
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We pull with a Nissan Frontier and have an anti sway bar which works very well. Previously, we pulled with a Equinox without the anti sway bar. There was some difference but not as much as I thought there would be since it was added.
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wallawallaron
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Posted: 24 Aug 2011 at 10:37am |
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