masterge

Folks,

After great pains , research and asking a lot of questions with regards to buying a WDH and Sway Control system, I ended up using the KISS principle (Keep It Sipple Stupid).

I have a 2007 Chevy Avalanche 2WD. I bought ball mount with a 3 1/4 inch drop becue the Chevy Av sits a little high. As it turned out, that was the perfect ball mount. However, I needed to invert it as a riser vice drop. Once I did that, it worked fine. The 2 and 1/2 hour drive from Tucson to Phoeenix/Mesa, AZ spanning mountains ranges to around 2K feet went extermely well.

My opinion is that if you have anything equivalent to the towing power of my Avalance, dont worry and don't use WDH or sway control systems. This should include all the full-size V-8 pick-ups & SUVs (except maybe the Tundras [used to have one], V8 Dakotas/Colorados. These vehicles are lighter V8s or are were mainly designed as a V6 but added a V8 upgrade option. Th Tundra may cause some hate and discontent but it was mainly designed for speed and drive vice a true towing workhorse. I beleive Toyota is changing this and making it a true workhorse with there 2007 line.

Anhow, like anything else in life my first lesson learned is don't complicate the towing unless you have to. I'm glad I waited to see how it handled with just a plan 'ole inverted 3 1/4 drop Reese ball mount. Oh yeah, the Prodigy controller worked great. As a matter of fact, my walk-thru guy commented nice controller, you bought the best.

Hope this helps anyone having the pre-delivery/buying concerns that I was having.