Steering Stabilizer for 4-Wheel Wagons

Steering Stabilizer for 4-Wheel Wagons HITCHES Hitches 13-1-27 "It's hard to believe how smoothly it makes 4-wheel wagons ride," says Russell H. Ritter, inventor of a new add-on steering "stabilizer" for 4-wheel wagons that replaces the existing tongue and tie rods. The bolt-on steer kit, which will work on any steering axle that steers from the front side of the axle (if your wagon steers from behind the axle, you can reverse it to steer from the front and adapt to the stabilizer), has an A-frame tongue and extended tie rods that run from the ball hitch back to the axle. Once installed, the wheels turn instantly as the towing truck or tractor turns. "It virtually eliminates fish-tailing on the road. Before installing the stabilizer, 4-wheel wagons will sway back and forth when pulled at highway speeds, especially when you hit a bump or if a semi goes by. Once the stabilizer is installed, that sway is gone. You can pull two trailers equipped with the stabilizer at highway speeds easier than you could pull one conventional wagon," says Ritter. The add-on steering unit also makes 4-wheel wagons easier to back, Ritter says. "Converted wagons back like 2-wheel wagons, only easier because the only pivot point is the rear axle rather than an axle in the middle, as with a 2-wheel wagon." To install you remove the old tongue and tie rods and bolt the new one in place with 6 bolts. Ritter says that so far as he knows the kit will fit virtually all wagons up to 8 - 10 tons with wheels that steer from the front of the axle. He's working on a larger unit for wagons up to 20 tons. Sells for $500. For more information, contact FARM SHOW Followup, Russell H. Ritter, Stability-In-Motion, Inc., 2707 Forest Grove S. W., Wyoming, Mich. 49509 (ph 616 538-2334).

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