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Originally Posted by funpilot
Reviews on this product note the lack of noise and that you do not need to unhook it to back up.
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There are several things I like about the Blue Ox hitch. But I'm not sure I understand this. I have never unhooked in order to back up. If you unhook, how do you move the trailer? In fact, backing into a campsite or parking space is always listed as one of the first skills that a new owner needs to master.
[Edit]Aha. A little digging around shows that when Blue Ox says you don't have to unhook, they mean that you don't have to unhook the sway control - not the entire trailer. But a little further digging shows that you have to remove sway control only if you are using friction sway control - and no one does that, right? If you use something like the Reese Dual-Cam sway control, there is no need to remove.
See, for example,
http://www.etrailer.com/question-9126.html. E-trailer sells the Blue Ox hitches, as well as the others, so they have no reason to mislead you.
So at best, Blue Ox is a bit disingenuous (some would call it misleading) when they make this claim. [/Edit]
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I also wonder if the sway control would add extra stability if you have a tire failure?
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I've had a number of tire failures on my TMs. My personal experience is that there is no stability problem when a tire blows. The TM continues to track right along just as before. Not the slightest lurch or twitch. This can actually be a problem, since on one occasion I didn't even know I had a blown tire until someone came up beside and flagged me down.
Just my experience. Others might report a different experience.
Bill