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    Posted: 19 Sep 2015 at 10:06am
Leverage bar for loosening lugnuts??
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It seems a WDH is one of those things you will know you need if you need it and wouldn't do without if you already have one. I have an RP-171, which is the lightest of them all, being pulled with a smallish SUV. All I'm using is a sway bar and it pulls like a dream.
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No Flaming from me but, if you have front wheel drive ( I have) on gravel and wet grass  on hills it makes all the difference.
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Posts: 193 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Sep 2015 at 12:17pm
Originally posted by GLBCamper

Originally posted by marwayne

If I may ask, why don't you have a WDH.

I do have anti-sway, just not WDH. I am doing my first distance trip next week so I may change my mind after that. Please don't flame me. I understand that most people on this forum wouldn't dream of not having a WDH. But I also look around the campgrounds and about half the people towing don't.


Although it's never a bad idea to have a WDH, many vehicles don't need one.  I'm with you:  Just a friction anti-sway bar. 
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Originally posted by marwayne

If I may ask, why don't you have a WDH.

I do have anti-sway, just not WDH. I am doing my first distance trip next week so I may change my mind after that. Please don't flame me. I understand that most people on this forum wouldn't dream of not having a WDH. But I also look around the campgrounds and about half the people towing don't.
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If I may ask, why don't you have a WDH.
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Posts: 274 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Sep 2015 at 11:48pm
Thanks all! Since I don't have a WDH I didn't recognize it. I guess I'll toss it.
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Sep 2015 at 10:01pm
Originally posted by Podster

Looks like a leverage tool for setting the spring bars on a WDH. Fits on the yoke that holds the chain so you can pry it up into place then set it with a retaining ring.


Yep. Looks EXACTLY like the one in my toolbox.
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+1  Looks like the one I have.
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Looks like a leverage tool for setting the spring bars on a WDH. Fits on the yoke that holds the chain so you can pry it up into place then set it with a retaining ring.
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