My TT came with a Curt hitch and it got me home, but I was not too impressed. Too much sway and not enough weight distribution. I had three hitches that were on my list of wanting to look at in person:
ProPride 3P
Weight Safe Heavyweight (backorder)
Eaz Lift TR3 1200 (backorder)
After looking, reading and watching videos and reading complaints and issues I decided Eaz Lift based on PP being so much money and hard to justify, Weigh Safe backorder date kept moving back and Eaz lift had good reviews, but cheap enough if I did not like it I could sell it without too much of a loss.
I left for a trip to Fort Wilderness with the family and the Curt was terrible on the torn up roads of the Turnpike and was less than stellar in the wind. If I slowed way down it was safe, but not an ideal towing experience.
When I got to Fort Wilderness I was looking on Facebook Marketplace and within a 3 hour drive was a ProPride for sale for $1500 ( basically the same price as a Weigh Safe) - all parts plus lot bar included and the v2 version (upgraded jacks). After messaging with the guy, he met me more than half way and I bought it. Asked him if he had installed it and he said he had paid to have it done and gave me the name of the installer I had already found. That guy was out of town, but the guy he trained came to me and installed it ( I treated myself since I was on vacation!).
On the drive home it was better, but still not the experience that some had claimed. I am a born skeptic and was worried maybe it was not all that, but we had estimated the install based on fender heights and I knew I needed a CAT scale at some point. I cranked the WDH some and it was a ton better, but still not the tow I thought it should be. Got home Friday night and headed to the scale on Saturday. After weighing, I realized I had no where near enough weight back to the steer axle and after chatting with some folks on the ProPride facebook group, I cranked up the WDH bars as high as they would go and headed back to the scales. I really did not need to weigh the combo as I knew that I had it dialed in by the way it drove. Tight steering, no sway and a very controlled tow. The scales confirmed I had all but 120# back on the steer axle and I had my settings. I think I hit 72 heading downhill on the way home and it towed under more control than the Curt did at 45. I'll still probably cruise at 65, but so far, the quality of the tow is excellent. It needs a little more maintenance than a standard hitch, but so far hooking up is no big deal. At this point I give it two thumbs up.
ProPride 3P
Weight Safe Heavyweight (backorder)
Eaz Lift TR3 1200 (backorder)
After looking, reading and watching videos and reading complaints and issues I decided Eaz Lift based on PP being so much money and hard to justify, Weigh Safe backorder date kept moving back and Eaz lift had good reviews, but cheap enough if I did not like it I could sell it without too much of a loss.
I left for a trip to Fort Wilderness with the family and the Curt was terrible on the torn up roads of the Turnpike and was less than stellar in the wind. If I slowed way down it was safe, but not an ideal towing experience.
When I got to Fort Wilderness I was looking on Facebook Marketplace and within a 3 hour drive was a ProPride for sale for $1500 ( basically the same price as a Weigh Safe) - all parts plus lot bar included and the v2 version (upgraded jacks). After messaging with the guy, he met me more than half way and I bought it. Asked him if he had installed it and he said he had paid to have it done and gave me the name of the installer I had already found. That guy was out of town, but the guy he trained came to me and installed it ( I treated myself since I was on vacation!).
On the drive home it was better, but still not the experience that some had claimed. I am a born skeptic and was worried maybe it was not all that, but we had estimated the install based on fender heights and I knew I needed a CAT scale at some point. I cranked the WDH some and it was a ton better, but still not the tow I thought it should be. Got home Friday night and headed to the scale on Saturday. After weighing, I realized I had no where near enough weight back to the steer axle and after chatting with some folks on the ProPride facebook group, I cranked up the WDH bars as high as they would go and headed back to the scales. I really did not need to weigh the combo as I knew that I had it dialed in by the way it drove. Tight steering, no sway and a very controlled tow. The scales confirmed I had all but 120# back on the steer axle and I had my settings. I think I hit 72 heading downhill on the way home and it towed under more control than the Curt did at 45. I'll still probably cruise at 65, but so far, the quality of the tow is excellent. It needs a little more maintenance than a standard hitch, but so far hooking up is no big deal. At this point I give it two thumbs up.