Confirming Sway Control with HD trucks in 2026

[Wayfinder]

As I will need to upgrade my truck soon to a 3/4 or 1-ton, to carry more parts & tools, I was confirming that most folks do not use any sway controller these days with the Elite II, when not using the Andersen WDH.

I went through some old 2016 & 2019 threads, and that was the gist I got out of them.

Thanks,

[jd1923]

9 minutes ago, Wayfinder said:

use any sway controller these days with the Elite II, when not using the Andersen WDH.

If you're buying a late model 2500 or 3500 truck, likely no need for the Andersen WDH.

The Owner's Manual for our older Dodge 2500 states to use a WDH when tongue weight is > 500 LBS or trailer is > 5000 LBS. We certainly needed the Andersen when towing the Oliver with the OEM suspension. Without it the Oliver would porpoise up and down on a rolling highway, not comfortable. Once we upgraded to D52 axles and Alcan springs, we do not use the WDH, since the Oliver is now carrying its own weight. 😎

See what towing specs are and buy the right truck since you have this opportunity. In the year or so we had to use the Andersen, I likely cursed 100 4-letter words. What a pain! Thankfully, never again.

[Wayfinder]

Thanks JD. Yeah, upon retirement from my current PITA job, I'm likely going to RV Tech school in January. That's the goal anyways.  I talked to my advisor yesterday to get more info. She was very helpful from the NRVTA.  I'll be trying for my VA benefits until then. My generation didn't just get benefits upon leaving the service, as it is happening right now, with the current generation (disgusting to me). The VA might pay for the entire school plus tools, if I'm broke enough.  Saving well over $25K.  If not, I'm going anyways.

Anyways, I need way more payload.

 

[Mike and Carol]

We’ve got a 2020 Ram 2500 diesel.  Tow on the ball, no sway control.  Lots of miles and never an issue.  Mike

[Galway Girl]

5 hours ago, Wayfinder said:

most folks do not use any sway controller these days with the Elite II, when not using the Andersen WDH.

When we first bought our EII we had a F150 with a hitch rating that required load levelers and sway control for any tongue wt above 500lbs.   So we bought the Anderson and used it for 2 years...but then we upgraded trucks.

We now have an F350 Diesel 1 Ton Short Bed with a 3" receiver which has a dead weight rating of 2120lbs.

We use a B&W Tow N Stow hitch and that's it.  We've not had any sway or issues and it's dead simple to adjust if needed and hookup/unhook much easier than using either the Anderson Antisway (with Chains) or the types that have WDH Bars and Sway Bars.

 We don't need sway control as our truck also has braking sway control built in that states in the user manual that manual sway controls shouldn't be used.

CS