Sway Bar for 2024 Lariat (FWD) Hybrid

[TimeOutside]

Would this sway bar work for my 2024 Lariat (FWD) Hybrid, or is there another that would be better?

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[Matso]

Yikes! Do you really want to trust what you're towing with a $50 sway bar? The weld on that receiver just doesn't look up to the job in my opinion. I mean the weld itself looks okay, there just isn't very much of it. I would keep looking.

 

[bluesteel]

Yikes! Do you really want to trust what you're towing with a $50 sway bar? The weld on that receiver just doesn't look up to the job in my opinion. I mean the weld itself looks okay, there just isn't very much of it. I would keep looking.

A sway bar like this is a very simple device. Many, if not most, of them, including "name brands," are somewhere in the neighborhood of $50.

I have a very similar Reese, and it works great for my 2300 lb. travel trailer. I do not use a WDH with it.

I would add for the OP, however, that I don't think I'd be towing anything large enough to require a sway bar if using the 2K lb. limit hybrid.

 

[RideSolo]

I'd get that or something similar in a heartbeat. I've done a fair amount of trailer towing and anything you can add for safety is good. Correct, a WDH shouldn't be needed for anything you can safely tow w/ a hybrid, but utility trailers can be deceptively touchy to load and tongue weight. I nearly lost a trailer and two motorcycles due to having too little tongue weight and sway bar like that would have prevented it.

 

[TimeOutside]

...I would keep looking.

...I would add for the OP, however, that I don't think I'd be towing anything large enough to require a sway bar if using the 2K lb. limit hybrid.

I'd get that or something similar in a heartbeat.

I ordered a Curt.

I have a small camper. The designers put the freshwater tank behind the axle. I travel with it empty, but if I'm boondocking then I'll partially fill my tank as close as I can to my destination. This makes my tongue weight too light, so I'll move stuff from the bed to the front of the camper - including some water jugs needed to top off my tank. With all this I'm a bit overweight and only have about 10% tongue weight. Even though I'm going slow and not going far, I'd rather have that extra safety margin a sway bar provides.

Thank you all for the feedback.

 

[RideSolo]

I ordered a Curt.

I have a small camper. The designers put the freshwater tank behind the axle. I travel with it empty, but if I'm boondocking then I'll partially fill my tank as close as I can to my destination. This makes my tongue weight too light, so I'll move stuff from the bed to the front of the camper - including some water jugs needed to top off my tank. With all this I'm a bit overweight and only have about 10% tongue weight. Even though I'm going slow and not going far, I'd rather have that extra safety margin a sway bar provides.

Thank you all for the feedback.

That episode w/ the motorcycles and trailer, I was way out west somewhere in the middle of nowhere driving a 4cyl S-10. Started down a hill on an Interstate and saw in the mirror that the trailer had started whipping back and forth. At one point I KNEW it was almost gone, somehow knew enough not to step in the brake, and put the gas pedal to the floor. That poor ol' S-10 was doing the best it could and I think that it started to settle down at about 75-80 mph... foot to the floor, downhill for close to a half mile! The next exit had a Lowe's or Home Depot and I bought a bag of sand and a couple of bungee cords; strapped that bag of sand to the trailer tongue and had no more problems all the way to Ohio. There's a good chance that an anti-sway would have prevented it and it's my fault for not having enough tongue weight. In WA my brother and I had switched from 8" wheels to 13" and the trailer towed better but we didn't realize that difference changed the balance on the thing.

 

[TimeOutside]

I was way out west somewhere in the middle of nowhere...

Whoa! I'm sure that made your butt pucker.

 

[bluesteel]

Proper loading of the trailer is important, but a sway bar does give you more room for error and optimizes the journey even when properly loaded (especially in strong winds).

 

[The Real Maverick]

I'd get that or something similar in a heartbeat. I've done a fair amount of trailer towing and anything you can add for safety is good. Correct, a WDH shouldn't be needed for anything you can safely tow w/ a hybrid, but utility trailers can be deceptively touchy to load and tongue weight. I nearly lost a trailer and two motorcycles due to having too little tongue weight and sway bar like that would have prevented it.

I really like, and really trust 15% weight on the ball. 10% is the MINIMUM. I have never had any sway issues with 15% on the ball. Been doing this for 20 years with a handful of different equipment.

1500 lb to 7500 lb. Trailers.

No WDH or sway bars needed.
15% on the ball. And relatively low center of gravity in the trailers. I usually don't tow equipment with water.

So "sloshing" water may be a key difference. Consider that. But also don't put less than 10% on the ball. Put more.

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