Which is better? A sway control hitch or a vehicle with sway-control?

[BoldAdventure]

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Like I said folks, traction control/electronic stability control for your trailer.

[AWCHIEF]

I just got of the phone with Blue Ox. Talked to two different folks. Told them what was posted here and they did not know what I was talking about. In fact both said it was a totally incorrect statement. They would like to know the name of the employee the OP talked too. Sounds like they have a training refresher in mind for the employee.

[Lucky Strike]

Thanks Awchief for making that call to Blue Ox. That is hard to believe that their "Tech Support" was so misinformed.
and thanks to everyone else for the assistance as well!

[DKB_SATX]

Before I worked down through all the posts to see AWCHIEF's report of a conversation w/ the Blue Ox rep, I was going to ask if you perhaps talked with him right after their lunch hour, perhaps he's old school and did the 3-martini lunch.

To their credit, Ford's info says a tendency to sway probably indicates that your trailer is improperly loaded or you're going too fast, and suggests you correct that rather than relying on their system completely. They don't seem to claim to do anything with the trailer brakes, just the truck brakes. I'd say that a hitch that reduces sway coupled with the anti-sway braking system would be a GOOD combination, someday when I buy a newer truck I'm still going to use a sway-reducing hitch.

[Jaxon]

I had a 2012 F150 (Ecoboost) and currently, a 2015 GMC Sierra 2500. Both have the sway control that work by rapid, selective pulse braking when the need arises (or so I've been told). Fortunately, I've not been in a situation where I've needed panic sway control...

My understanding is that the two systems work together in a complementary fashion to straighten out the truck & trailer in the event the trailer begins to sway and the truck begins to fishtail.

Whatever the mechanism, I'm glad the setup is so equipped!
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[MitchR55]

I have a 2014 F-150 with sway control and a Blue Ox hitch, and they both work well. The F-150 sway control has kicked in briefly twice, and it seemed to do exactly what others have said. I tow a 2014 26FB Flying Cloud, and I am satisfied will all parts of this rig.

[slowmover]

Read Andrew_T s review of the TUSON trailer mounted electronic anti-sway. Comes in faster than the OEM (Ford). See CAN AM RV website and links to Hitch Hints column.

[dznf0g]

Originally Posted by slowmover

Read Andrew_T s review of the TUSON trailer mounted electronic anti-sway. Comes in faster than the OEM (Ford). See CAN AM RV website and links to Hitch Hints column.

Of course it does. Vehicle sway control comes into play after trailer sway starts. The vehicle yaw sensors have to see a sway condition at the rear of the truck (waddle) in order to take action. If the 1) hitch system does it's job, neither system will engage 2) if trailer sway starts, I would hope the trailer system is fast enough to stop it before the truck sees it 3) If neither of the above stop sway, the truck system would do it's thing.