Experience with blue sway pro

[BigPapa]

Good afternoon.

The trailer and rv shops around here carry the blue ox sway pro rather than the anderson wdh. Does anyone have experience with that. For an E19.

Most of the recs i have seen are for andersens

 

[lonewolfjb]

I have been using the blue Ox on our 2017 Escape19 which we bought used and it came with the trailer. I have been happy with it. Never a problem and is built as strong as an Ox.

 

[bborzell]

I have had two Blue Ox SwayPros. First was on our 21C. Sold it with the trailer because I needed new higher tongue weight capacity bars for the E23. Bought a new one for the 23.

I see it as a very high quality WDH that foes everything I want out of a WDH and it will likely continue to perform at a high level long after I am no longer towing the trailer.

 

[7Gentex]

Why am I hearing Elvis.............?

 

[Genebuilder]

I am pleased with the performance of the Blue Ox Sway Pro. No comparison to the Anderson. I sometimes think the higher cost of the Blue Ox sways people into a different purchase decision.

 

[Yerfdog]

I have had two Blue Ox SwayPros. First was on our 21C. Sold it with the trailer because I needed new higher tongue weight capacity bars for the E23. Bought a new one for the 23.

I see it as a very high quality WDH that foes everything I want out of a WDH and it will likely continue to perform at a high level long after I am no longer towing the trailer.

Which one did you get for your E23? Did you go with the 1000 TW?

 

[bborzell]

Which one did you get for your E23? Did you go with the 1000 TW?

Yes, 10,000 gross weight.

 

[Yerfdog]

@Genebuilder, @bborzell would you mind posting pics of the mods you had to do to get the blue ox to work with your E23? I am pretty close to picking up a E23 and am leaning toward the blue ox. Thanks

 

[John in Santa Cruz]

i've not seen those BlueOx anti sway bars before, they look pretty cool, the WDH capabilities of the cheap flatbar WDH I used years ago, with the antisway built into the pivots for the two spring arms.

I like the Andersen because its easy to hitch and unhitch, you lift the trailer weight off the ball, loosen the nuts and the center plate comes free, then finish jacking and unhitching. to hitch, you drop the hitch over the ball, put the plate back under the hitch on with its pin, then drop it the rest of the way, and crank down on the two nuts. I carry a cheap 3/8" ratchet with their aluminum socket, and the weight distribution on my setup is just about right when I have it 'damn tight' on each side. Sure, the friction element on the hitch shaft wears out, but that is a $18 plastic cone and maybe a $69 tapered ball, and easy to R&R.

I'm towing a 2014 E21 with bikes on the back thats probably near weight capacity behind a 2019 Ford Expedition Limited 4x4. This Expedition is a standard, not long wheelbase (aka Max or EL), and it has the CCD computer controlled shocks. We made it 9000 miles through Mexico with a plain hitch, but when we got back, I went and bought the Andersen, it completely controls any tendency to sway, and has just enough WDH to keep the Expedition riding level and not bobbing. With a bigger wrench, I could get significantly more weight distribution.

I used to tow this E21 behind a 2002 F250 diesel 4x4 longbed... didn't need anything to be rock stable, really couldn't tell the Escape was back there. heh.

Before that I towed a Casita with a Tacoma 4x4... I got a classic chain bar style WDH to control bobbing on bumps, I used it for a year... but then I put airbags and bilsteins on the Taco, and didn't need the WDH again, it drove just fine.

 

[bborzell]

@Genebuilder, @bborzell would you mind posting pics of the mods you had to do to get the blue ox to work with your E23? I am pretty close to picking up a E23 and am leaning toward the blue ox. Thanks

Unless I posted something earlier about mods that I don’t recall, I don't have much to offer. One thing I can mention is that I have a friend who picked up an E23 in May of 2024 (ours was in January) and I think that the propane tank tray on his is mounted more rearward than on mine.

That said, our SwayPro went on with no issues as did his. If you want, I can take a photo or two, but your tank tray might come mounted differently from mine.

 

[Yerfdog]

Unless I posted something earlier about mods that I don’t recall, I don't have much to offer. One thing I can mention is that I have a friend who picked up an E23 in May of 2024 (ours was in January) and I think that the propane tank tray on his is mounted more rearward than on mine.

That said, our SwayPro went on with no issues as did his. If you want, I can take a photo or two, but your tank tray might come mounted differently from mine.

No sorry you didn’t mention any mods that you had to do. Genebuilder did (on a different thread) so I assumed you had to move or raise the propane tanks too. It’s interesting that they seem to be mounted in different areas on the frame from trailer to trailer though. I appreciate your reply.