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David
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Hope to see you "out there"
David - weird guy with a wolf Dixie - German Shepherd RP173 - "Campground Assault Vehicle 1" 2009 Silverado 5.3L V8 |
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Outbound
Senior Member Joined: 25 Jul 2009 Location: Oshawa, ON Status: Offline Points: 750 |
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I encourage anyone who's considering a sway bar/WDH and not yet taken an r-pod out for a tow to wait before investing. Take the r-pod for a test drive. Take it for a 2-4 hour short trip and see how it behaves. Then make your decision.
Personally, I don't have sway control nor WDH, and I don't need it. It wouldn't improve my towing experience. My vehicle/R-Pod combination tows like a dream. |
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Craig :: 2008 Mazda Tribute :: 2009 r-pod 171, The Johnnie Ray
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Ned
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I agree. It tws like a dream
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Ned
Rocket Pod RP-173 Miramichi, NB 2005 Ford Escape |
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miksons
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I don't have sway control nor WDH, and I don't need it. It wouldn't improve my towing experience. My vehicle/R-Pod combination tows like a dream.
First of all, I completely agree with your suggestion that it is a good idea to try towing before investing in equipment. Based on what I have read here I guess a weight-distribution hitch is a good idea if the setup does not look reasonably flat when first put together. Also I assume people's towing experience varies based on a number of items including what their tow vehicle is. Can you tell me what you are using to tow? Perhaps I could get some information on what to expect with my Jeep if I knew what vehicle-rpod combinations towed well and which ones needed sway bars or the like. Thanks.
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miksons
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Oops. Missed the signature line at the bottom of the post. Sorry.
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MikeFromMesa
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R&T's Pod
Senior Member Joined: 18 Jan 2010 Location: Landis, NC Status: Offline Points: 424 |
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I would have to agree also to try out your rig without the Sway Bar/WDH. When we are looking at our pod, the dealer was pretty insistant we buy the WDH, that is until I showed him our Tow Vehicle, (see signature) then to his credit he did say while he'd be glad to sell us WDH/swaybar, he'd be really surprised if we ever had any issues towing where we would need them. The only trip so far we've had (due to lots of rain and two snow storms) has been to bring the pod home. This was only about 35 miles, mostly interstate driving, and everything behaved like it should. Rob
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K9Equine
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Totally agree that it depends on the vehicle. Seems like the bigger pickups do just fine, while the 6 cyl vehicles might need the WDH. That was my experience. Just drove 12 hours up from the Gulf Coast and no problems at all with the Dodge and no WDH. Wouldnt have wanted to do that with the Toyota and no WDH!
2010 RP175 08 Dodge Ram 1500 Quad
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Outbound
Senior Member Joined: 25 Jul 2009 Location: Oshawa, ON Status: Offline Points: 750 |
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The model of your r-pod may also have an impact on your decision to buy a WDH. The tongue weight (dry) of my RP-171 is 181 pounds. This light tongue weight was a factor (one of many) in my decision to go with this model over the others available at the time. There is a good deal of variation across the models:
With my vehicle, I could definitely see a need for a WDH in order to tow some of the heftier models. |
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Craig :: 2008 Mazda Tribute :: 2009 r-pod 171, The Johnnie Ray
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Larry
Senior Member Joined: 22 Jan 2010 Location: Fairfield, CA Status: Offline Points: 344 |
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I’m having a sway bar installed because I’d rather be safe than sorry. The investment is $115 parts and labor; for me that is certainly not a lot of money. I live in a wind corridor; lots of people move here to Fairfield, California, like myself, which have never had any allergies until they live here. The wind blows all sorts of stuff into the air, and while it is good for the wind turbines it is horrible for allergies. I have never really experienced any fish-tailing with my 171 but on occasion when a big 18- wheel truck passed me on the freeway at high speed my pod would wobble. But that is not the reason I am getting sway bars; for me the investment is minimal and in my opinion an ounce of prevention is worth ten pounds of cure. In short; I agree with everything that has been said here about it being a personal decision. It’s like insurance; something you pay for that you hope you never need, and if sway bars gives me even the slightest edge than it’s’ worth the investment. How much money do people waste on lottery tickets and other things which give them little to no return? But again; I want to emphasize, its’ a personal decision.
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Larry
Senior Member Joined: 22 Jan 2010 Location: Fairfield, CA Status: Offline Points: 344 |
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P.S. Because of the light weight of my 171 tongue I was advised against getting a WDH, by the RV service department I use, but sway bars were suggested as optional. |
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