The Automated Safety Hitch VS. The Old Style Dually

Recently 3 couples who all pull with duallys compared notes and shared with us a list a benefits from their Automated Safety Hitch experience.

The six of them are suggesting that we also refer to the Automated Safety Hitch system as:

“the new in-line dually”.

Comparison of The Automated Safety Hitch System as The In-Line and the Old style dually:

	In-Line Dually	Old style Dually
4 rear tires	Yes	Yes
2 full size truck rear axles	Yes	No
Additional set of full power hydraulic disk brakes	Yes	No
Truck has Normal flush rear axle fenders	Yes	No
Additional 6,300 pound axle to support pin weight of up to 30,000lb trailer	Yes	No
Second independent, full power Hydraulic brake system	Yes	No
Brakes adjusted with same trailer brake controller	Yes	N/A
Integrate and easily upgrade the trailer brakes to hydraulic disk brakes	Yes	No
Pulls trailer to the outside of the turn	Yes	No
Increases longitudinal stability of the trailer rig	Yes	No
Gives you good directional stability if a rear tire blows out	Yes	Yes
Enables you to have full use of the pickup bed	Yes	No
Enables you to maneuver better in parking lots and gas stations	Yes	No
Enables you to pull your trailer level	Yes	No
Eliminates the need to block up the trailer	Yes	No
You can have a level trailer and 6 feet of headroom inside gooseneck	Yes	No
Compatible with an SUV	Yes	No
Enables you to pull your trailer with an SUV	Yes	No
Eliminates the need to raise and lower the tailgate for the trailer	Yes	No
Ability to utilize the new dually design with a 3/4 ton vehicle	Yes	No
Enables a 3/4 pickup to pull same size trailer as a 1 ton dually	Yes	N/A
Lessens chance of damaging the rear differential	Yes	No
Enables your trailer to pull itself out of the mud or sand	Yes	No
Enables you to jackknife more than 90 degrees without damage	Yes	No
Makes hooking up to the trailer a lot easier	Yes	No
Makes unhooking from the trailer a lot easier	Yes	No
Streamlined for less wind resistance/better gas mileage	Yes	No
Allows you to rotate the truck tires for better wear/longer life	Yes	No
Should replace all four rear tires when one tire needs replacing	No	Yes
Need for wider than normal truck fenders	No	Yes
Expensive Dually fenders to repair	No	Yes
Wearing out second set of tires when not pulling a trailer	No	Yes
Having difficulty of changing flat inside tire	N/A	Yes
Need to repair the tailgate after not lowering it when hooking up	No	Yes
Need to repair the tailgate after not lowering it when unhooking	No	Yes
Need to get under the gooseneck to lower and raise the tailgate	No	Yes
Need to get in back of pickup to secure coupling and safety chains	No	Yes
Difficult maneuvering around town when not pulling the trailer	No	Yes
Difficult parking around town when not pulling the trailer	No	Yes
Difficult maneuvering around gas pumps when not pulling the trailer	No	Yes
Fenders interfere with view of the trailer tires when driving	No	Yes
More likely to side swipe gate columns	No	Yes
Increases the chance of damaging the rear differential	No	Yes
Can have a level trailer and more headroom inside the gooseneck	Yes	No

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The Automated Safety Hitch VS. The Old Style Dually

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