Equal-i-zer hitch owners/users comment please.

[CGoyette]

Please tell me you thoughts on equal-i-zer hitched and leave you trailer wieght and length also.



I will be pulling a 9500# 33 foot sunnybrook 900#Toungewt trailer. I don't want to spend 2700 on a Hensley Arrow and the Equal-i-zer seams like the next best thing. (no pull rite will go on my truck)



Curt

 

[chuck3]

I really like mine, I tow a 27ft Jayco, weights somewhere around 7000lbs. I like the sway protection it gives, plus it makes your truck and trailer feel like one unit instead of two! I would not tow anything without one. just my 2cts.

 

[Partyat33]

I have the Reese dual antisway, with a 32 foot Jayco at 9400 gvwr and 950 lb tongue weight.



With the half tonit would still sway a little at speeds over 65 mph.



With the one ton she does notsway at any speed (85 a couple of times) even with a cross wind.

 

[Paul Primeaux]

I now have a 26FK Sunnybrook (Mobile Scout) that I am trying to sell. I ordered a 30 FKS Sunnybrook . I have pulled the 26 with a reese dual cam antisway and that worked out fine. Then I bought a Hensley. All the difference in the world , no sway at all. The Hensley is expensive but well worth the money.

 

[Partyat33]

I will also say that I have never heard anything bad about the Hensely (of course Phord guys like their trucks so who knows). The big Reese set up will cost you $1000 to $1200.



One thing to consider is I am not aware that the Hensley give any equalizing just sway control. I am not sure on that.



Could be a factor



Dennis

 

[RobG]

I almost never reply on TDR anymore (long story) but I had to here.



I have had the Equalizer Hitch for almost three years and I love it. I also got to use my dad's Reese setup while visiting him over Christmas last year, and it's a complete POS in comparison.



The Equalizer Hitch is a very beefy and very well designed hitch. I have towed two trailers with it, both flatbed car trailers. My current trailer is a 26' long (end to end incl tongue) flatbed that weighs 2400# empty and around 5500-6000# loaded, depending on the car.



I've had the car positioned toward the rear of the trailer, intentionally to balance the trailer and keep tongue weight down. This is because I carry a Lance camper and have a 48" hitch extension from Torklift. Even though it has a 1000# tongue weight rating even in its 48" length, I still try to keep tongut weight down. But my point is that even with the car positioned rearward, I get ABSOLUTELY NO SWAY, even in high winds.



The hitch is extremely easy to use and to connect. Once you've done it a few times, it becomes second nature. You will really come to appreciate just how beefy and well-designed it is. The EQHitch folks even have great customer service! I discovered a cracked weld on my hitch head last year, and called them about it. They said to send it in and they'd send me a new head. And that's exactly what they did, no questions asked. And this was even after I'd owned the hitch for almost two years.



While I've never seen or used the Hensley, I think it's completely and totally overpriced. Once you've used the Equalizer Hitch, I think you'll agree.



Rob

 

[Archive]

I have the same setup as RobG, and haul an 18ft flatbed, 2800lbs empty, with as much as five tons of hay on it... never had a problem with anything on it. I love it.

 

[musclefixer]

Why no pullrite???????

I recently put one on my truck, after much crap from dealer, and all the p. i. t. a. problems, I can say enough on how the truck handles the 25' 8-9K T/T... . dont even have to worry about being passed, or passing... .

The only part I disliked was having to "modify" (read re-route) the exhaust. Other than that, I could even let the wife drive it without concern... ... .

Did you have a problem with pullrite? Please let me know.



Thanks,

Jesse.

 

[CGoyette]

no problem with pull rite it just isn't for me



I don't want to re route my exhaust I have a dullie and will use this truck to pull tailers other than a travel trailer (boats/flatbed)



Curt

 

[Pat_in_Utah]

Love my Equalizer Hitch

Have had my Equalizer hitch for 2 years now and love it! Have only hauled my 5400# max trailer with it on 3 different vehicles. It has great anti-sway capibility and weight distribution all in one BEEFY package. The thing is Heavy! No chains - just solid steel baby! Once fitted to your truck, it is fairly easy to hook/unhook.



The only other experience I've had is with the chain style anti swat bars - yuck.



Their website:

http://www.equalizerhitch.com/



My tribute to the hitch:

http://pages.prodigy.net/huxley/trailer/equalizer/index.htm



Not afilliated, blah, blah, blah, just love the product.



Paid $350 for it - well worth it!



Pat

 

[RedRamer]

Why would a Pull-rite not fit?

I have a 2500 and from what I understand it's the same frame as the 3500.

Best damn hitch I ever pulled with.

 

[Bob Horrell]

I agree with Rob G. and Rob Hanson. I used to work in the industry and have known of the Equalizer (made by Lindon Hitch) for a long time. If they did a better marketing job they would own the market. It is one strong hitch that does an excellent job of both equalizing the load and controlling sway.

I have a 14,500lb equipment trailer I use to tow my tractor and haul 84 bales of hay. Total weight towed is a little over 12,000lbs and it is top heavy. It tows like a dream.

I too had a crack in the weld on my hitch and it was replaced at no cost to me with a much beefier plate in the area where the crack occured. I attributed the crack to the abuse I put the hitch through when towing my tractor. When traveling on really uneven ground (off road type uneven) you should disconnect the stabilizing bars so the hitch assembly is more free to move up and down. I have had to get into some really tough job sights with my tractor and forgot to remove the bars. I have bent them as a result, which is no small feat. I just turn them over and let them get bent back on the way out. I don't know of any other hitch that could take that abuse.

I have had my new hitch head with the increased weld area about 6 months now and have bent the bars several times in that period without any sign of a repeat cracking failure.

When I told Lindon Hitch I had the problem and used the hitch on a daily basis, then overnighted me a new one and said to send the old one back on their nickel after I got the new one installed. That is customer service.