Swivel or straight hitch??

[Burnerboy]

How much does a swivel hitch make a difference??

I've been towing using a straight hitch for years since 2001 and never a problem!

BUT lately I've been hearing the words swivel hitch that many of you have used... How much difference does it really make?? My bike is now triked out, so would a swivel make any difference now??

Ronnie

 

[Recycledteen]

I was like you and used a straight hitch for years on my bike, never had a problem. In the process of building a trailer for my trike now and planning on using a regular hitch on it simply because I never lean in a curve now and hopefully won't lay it on its' side!!!!

 

[DWATC]

I have a swivel hitch on my trailer simply because it was on there when I was on 2 wheels. I personally don't think there is a need for one on a trike since everything works the same way as on a cage and they don't put them on.

 

[mhgoldwing]

The used trailer I purchased for the trike already had a swivel and I wish it didn't. Going down the road it will rotate to one side instead of staying straight. See no need for it on a trike and the built in swivel of a standard hitch is sufficient for normal use.

 

[msrvpeig]

The used trailer I purchased for the trike already had a swivel and I wish it didn't. Going down the road it will rotate to one side instead of staying straight. See no need for it on a trike and the built in swivel of a standard hitch is sufficient for normal use.

I purchased a used Lees-ure-lite camper a few years back that had the swivel hitch on it. I converted it to a straight hitch and had them "standing in line" to buy the swivel hitch. They can be rather "pricey" so there is always a market for a used one.

 

[Marc H]

https://www.triketalk.com/forum/threads/41459-Full-Swivel-Hitches

 

[Ozarkryder]

Camping with a Time Out camper with a Trike Shop (now RoadSmith) Runabout from '93 to 2001, and since then with a Bunkhouse behind a GL1500 and now a GL1800. Like a trailer behind a car or truck, never had a need for a swivel hitch on the trike, as they don't lean like a bike. There is a surprising amount of room for side-to-side roll in the hitch and ball combination. If I chanced to buy a trailer with the swivel already on it, I would probably switch to a solid hitch and sell the swivel.

 

[paws]

I pulled a Kwik Kamp trailer behind a Voyager VII and never had any negative issues. At the time I was told that the swivel hitch was the safe way to pull in case the trailer started swaying it wouldn’t necessarily make the bike unsteady. Don’t know if that was hype or not but it sounded good at the time and I never got into a problem with the trailer to prove the claim or not. Haven’t pulled anything since but if I did would probably choose the swivel hitch again.

 

[rhino65]

I have a swivel hitch FS if anyone is interested

 

[pcombe]

I have had them both and cant see any difference be it on a two or three wheeler.