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Jerre R
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Username: jerre
Post Number: 254
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, Oct 27, 2007 - 2:24 pm: |   |
OK, after a lifetime of bumming rides, I have settled on a new (!) Thuro-Bilt 3-H Liberty. It's a warmblood-size slant. Even at that, I'll have to give my big mare the first two stalls.
My truck is a '92 Ford 250 7.8 diesel with tow package.
The trailer is about 4500 pounds. I'm going to get sway bars. How does that affect hitching? Do you hitch as normal and then do the sway bars, or do you have to get all the pieces lined up?
Any other thoughts on sway bars?
Thanks,
Jerre |
Chris
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Username: stevens
Post Number: 390
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, Oct 27, 2007 - 3:33 pm: | |
Hi Jerre,
I don't have sway bars on my horse trailer, but we do on our camping trailer.
We hitch it up as normal, then connect the sway bars. Our set up is that the sway bars are physically part of the hitch that goes into the receiver on the truck. They swing over and they connect to the tongue of the trailer.
I like having them on the camper trailer since we do more freeway driving with that set up and it's been great when on the road with semis.
I have a 2 horse Warmblood size Sundowner with a dressing room and haven't felt the need for sway bars with that rig.
Good luck!
Chris |
Dove2
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Username: dove2
Post Number: 249
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, Oct 27, 2007 - 8:40 pm: | |
I'm not sure if you differentiate between sway bars and stabilization bars, but I added stabilization bars to my two horse bumper pull trailer. I'm so glad I did, because so much of my travel is on the freeway and the stabilization bars make the towing so much easier and safer. The way I understand it: the stabilization bars create a connection with the car much like a wheelbarrow has a three point connection. You now have the tow vehicle axle stabilizing the trailer instead of just one point of attachment (the hitch). I feel it is a much safer configuration and eases my mind of many "what if's."
As far as how to hitch up: Once the hitch ball is connected, I then put the stabilization bars in. They just pop into the assembly on the hitch, the opposite end gets attached to the tongue of the trailer with a handle that takes the weight of the trailer off the hitch ball and onto the rear axle of the tow vehicle. I then finish attaching the trailer's quick release brake and electrical plug. Easy....and very worth the one extra minute to attach. |
