CURT17500 TruTrack 4P Weight Distribution Hitch with 4x Sway Control, Up to 10K, 2-In Shank, 2-5/16-Inch Ball

Excellent Hitch! but a little heavy when installing in the receiver hitch. If you read through some of the other reviews, you will see that people are either not installing the hitch properly or not loading their trailer incorrectly and blaming it on the hitch. When you load too much weight in the rear of a trailer it will sway, it just physics people...We have had no issues with this hitch and no sway, plus very true tracking with complete control at all times. Our trailer is a Black Label 23 footer and weighs around 8,000lbs. When we load dirt bikes in the truck and water for boondocking we are probably around 10k. We got the 10-15k hitch and glad I did as it is perfect.We have had this for around a year now with about 10,000 miles so far and the only wear I am seeing is the L brackets for the tension rods as the rods do sit on these and are metal to metal contact for friction. I think this may be a wear item that will need to be replace every other year or so, or if they start wearing through too much. Pictures included.I'm a professional mechanic so I have all the tools and torque wrenches to install this, plus the knowledge. I have had many rv trailers and sway bar systems and this is one of the best so far. But if you do not possess tools or knowledge to install this properly, I would recommend that you take it to someone you trust to do so or a professional. As you can see in the negative reviews there are several people that have no clue what they are doing, because if you have trailer sway after installing this beast then you did something wrong or are loading your trailer incorrectly.In conclusion, a great hitch with only one issue so far, see pictures, the wear of the angle brackets down to bare metal, but these are replaceable wear items, and I am ordering new ones for this summer's travels. You cannot lubricate this part as it relies on friction to operate correctly, so the rust you see isn't a big deal as it rubs off quickly after connection. I would also imagine after a few years that the tension bars would need to be replaced.

This is a quality piece of gear. Well designed and well built. Installation was as to be expected. If you do it right it takes some time, but the result is a rig that tows reliably with a great degree of stability.One positive note that doesn't have to do with the product, but rather service. My assembly showed up with the snap-up handle missing. It probably slid out through the end of the carton which was damaged. I called Curt and spoke to Nate. Even though I bought the unit through a third party vendor on Amazon, Curt shipped me a new handle free of charge. Most surprising was it arrived in 36 hours. Incredible.

This thing performs as described perfect application for what I need

It works very well. No problems.

Update. I replaced the bent metal diamonds and traveled another 600 miles. No problem this time. I may have not had it torqued tight enough the first time Yikes! So far so good now. Now I just need replacement L brackets for the leveling bars.Well... where to start?Let me just say first that how things have ended up with the system It works and I'm glad I own it.Pros- stops sway in a major way. I just drove almost two thousand miles with this. I tow a Lance bunk house trailer 2185 from the year 2015. It's a decently heavy trailer and it's 26 feet long. There was really little to no sway using this.Cons- Well tips, tricks, and a what you are doing wrong or a how to fix it section is really missing. I know the Curt people have a vast knowledge of setting up these hitches as well as what to do if leveling is off etc. But where can I find that? So... this took me with a friend helping me 4 hours to set up. I have a 2022 Ford F150 with the factory tow package. Getting this system to level my trailer within a couple inches of front of truck rise and back of truck drop was hard. I tried every option and more that the directions had listed. In the end I just had to crank things tight with thr leveling bars. So much so that stuff ended up bent. Yes, you can see in the photos. As well the L brackets on the traiker tongue not only bent bit the steel literally squished and stretched and created valleys and more. Ahhhhh. What am I doing wrong. I followed all the steps and went back through several times making sure each was correct. Also besides leveling it must have not been torqued tight enough? Major steel bending going on. I ordered and paid for a new bolt kit and torqued that bolt down tighter than tight. Drove another 800 Miles and the bending you see in the photos did not happen again. Phew! That was sketchy!So after my trip I messed with the set up again. I still can't get the trailer level with the truck level as well but I'm only a couple inches or so off. Truck still steers fine. I can if the set up is way too tight and being that tight is just too much for the metal. So allowing it down a notch is close and it still rides quite well. This system isn't perfect and really I wonder if a Curt person with major knowledge of the set up would know exactly what I am doing wrong or if it just is what it is. I wish there was more info out there about trouble shooting. But it works and I will keep it, may have to get a few more replacement parts lol.

Makes towing a pull behind trailer more stable.