Welcome and congratulations! I hope you have many fun adventures and make many great memories with your RPod.

There are many options but three seem to be popular. A lot depends on what you are willing to spend, and how much weight you want to handle.

I used to have an Equal-i-zer 4-point sway control WD hitch. It is good, but the hitch head is quite heavy. I now have a Hensley Cub hitch which is quite effective, but very expensive. I like it, but it is a bit of overkill for the RPod. I have my reasons for the purchase, but the expense is not necessarily what most people would be willing to spend. I got it on a sale price which lessened the pain.

A second choice is the Fastway E2 hitch. It is very similar to the Equal-i-zer, but only claims 2 point sway control. It is less expensive, but also has a heavy hitch head.

A third choice is the Andersen No-Sway hitch. It is quite different in that instead of using heavy bars for weight distribution, it uses chains and urethane springs. Sway control is done at the hitch ball, which pivots in the hitch head instead of the trailer pivoting on the ball. A friction material lines the shaft of the ball. It is much lighter in weight than any of the ones above.

This is not a complete list by any means. There are other brands such as Blue Ox, Camco, or Reese. A search will lead to information about all of these with reviews.

I have a Curt WDH with separate sway control. Some WDH's have integrated sway control. The benefit is less stuff to take on and off the rig when hitching and unhitching. Personally, I prefer the two functions separated so I can adjust how much resistance to sway I'm getting based on conditions. If roads are wet or curvy I reduce the sway control effort. You can't do that with the integrated ones. It's a personal preference. 

I highly suggest that you weigh your rig axle by axle at a public scale so you know what you have. If you load that 190 at all heavily you will be at or even over the hitch weight limit of your Highlander. I'm right there on mine.  Load up the TV and trailer as you plan to camp, including water if you plan to boondock. You can get your trailer hitch weight by going through the scales twice, once with the rig and once with the TV by itself. The hitch weight is the difference between the total of the two TV axles with and without the trailer. Do not tension up the wdh when you take these weights and leave the wdh in the receiver when you weigh the TV. 

Though I can't speak to setting up other brands of WHD systems, setting up the e2 is super easy.  It adds about a minute or two to the hitch/unhitch process.  The slowest part is raising the trailer with the tongue jack to allow the bars to be put into proper position on the L brackets.  It really doesn't affect your ability to back up, unless you are on a steep uneven surface and need to make a very sharp turn.  In that case, it's easy to pop off the spring bars before backing into the parking space.

Thank you!

Rich 

I have this hitch:   http://www.etrailer.com/Weight-Distribution-Hitch/Fastway/FA94-00-0600.html??feed=npn&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIp6jym-fb6QIVUr7ACh3nsgMPEAYYBCABEgIUKfD_BwE - https://www.etrailer.com/Weight-Distribution-Hitch/Fastway/FA94-00-0600.html??feed=npn&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIp6jym-fb6QIVUr7ACh3nsgMPEAYYBCABEgIUKfD_BwE

Please feel to pm me and I'll send you my phone number if you want to talk about it on the phone.

Be well!

Rich

You raise a good point regarding increased trailer axle weight, and I wouldn't recommend a WDH for someone with a heavy tow vehicle. But trailer weight is not the criterion you should used to decide to get a whd or not, its the hitch weight of the trailer relative to the maximum hitch weight of the tow vehicle. Towing a relatively heavy trailer like a 190 with a relatively light and short wheelbase vehicle like a Highlander, a WDH makes a big difference. I have a similar rig and I am right at the my max hitch weight spec, while I have several hundred pounds of headroom on my trailer axle. At the tension level I put on my wdh I put an additional load of about 90 lbs on the trailer axle but reduce the load on the Highlander rear axle by about 270 lbs. That is a huge improvement for the Highlander for a small increase on the rPod. 

I wouldn't recommend that route for your rig but yes they do. 

You could get something like this

https://www.curtmfg.com/part/17200 - https://www.curtmfg.com/part/17200

If you don't have a wdh you will have to weld a tab to your ball mount. 

You will like towing that 190 with your Highlander much better with a WDH though.....

The best thing you can do to limit sway risk is to load the trailer properly, keeping the hitch weight to at least 10 and preferably more like 12% or higher of total trailer weight. In practice that's not hard to do as long as you don't haul around graywater because that tank is behind the axle. 

This is all I have ever used towing a 177 for the past 11 years; 8 of them towing with either an '08 or '13 Ford Explorer.  Many road and weather conditions with no issues or problems.  Cost was $40 when purchased back in March 2011 so not surprised to see a cost increase.

Highly recommend the Andersen system..... Been great for my 182G

https://andersenhitches.com/collections/wd-hitch

Originally posted by richfsi I’m most concerned about sway control. Do They make just a hitch to address possible sway conditions?

The bottom line is if you detect ANY sway, slow down. 

I use a Camco R3 Recurve towing an RPod 176 with a Hyundai Santa Fe Limited Ultimate with a mushy rear end. There is about 300 lbs tongue weight.  The 400 lb spring bars positioned alongside the frame are insurance against dragging.  It works well although there was a gap of 0.080 between the hitch head and shank that Camco said closes when 260 ft lbs are applied to the bolts holding it together.  Instead, I fashioned an 0.080 shim that I put between the shank and hitch head that closed the gap before tightening the bolts.  I used a 1/2 in drive ratchet and 5 foot fence post as a cheater bar to tighten the bolts.  It's worked well for over 2,000 miles now. 

Yes, but I towed my 179 many thousands of miles with a 2012 Highlander and a 600/6000-lb E2 hitch and never had an issue. I think the issue comes if you oversize the WDH.

I have run this on-line WDH calculator and everything is in the green for my CX-9, with 600 lbs WDH, and R-pod 171.  https://www.ajdesigner.com/apptrailertow/weightdistributionhitch.php - https://www.ajdesigner.com/apptrailertow/weightdistributionhitch.php