Ball Mount Question

The Anderson “No-Sway” Hitches do look a little more user friendly. Higher price. But not a deal breaker. Anyone else have any experience with Anderson hitches appose to other WDH such as e2 or curt..?

The only one I know who has used more than one kind of WDH is StephenH. For me (and most others I would assume) after I got and used the E2, there was no compelling reason to switch. It works, I think it's pretty simple to setup and use. Done.

My 2021 Tacoma SX comes with electric sway control build. Do you like this will conflict with a sway control that is part of the WDH..?

It’s an interesting question.

It’s possible that the two could interact depending on what sway control system you have. I understand for example that Blueox wdh/sway control comes with a warning to shut off TSC. Blueox is not a friction based sway control system, it uses tension in the wdh spring arms to apply torque to the trailer to straighten it out. Think of it as a dynamic sway control where the trailer sway is being controlled by two springs, one on each side. In comparison straight friction bar sway control dampens trailer side to side motion passively.

So, conceivably TSC trying to actively operate your truck brakes on either side one at a time could get out of phase with the action of the blue ox spring bars and make the sway oscillation worse. A passive friction sway system with no spring action couldn’t do that. So my recommendation would be to get a wdh with friction based sway control and leave your TSC engaged.

Sway control systems are all secondary to having a properly loaded trailer to begin with. That means having at least 10, preferably 11-12 percent of the trailer total weight on the tongue under all load conditions, so that the trailer center of gravity is well forward of the trailer axle. When the c of g is too far aft the trailer wants to swap ends when you hit the brakes or get a crosswind. The only way to know that is to weigh it. Check out this video:

https://youtu.be/i2fkOVHAC8Q