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Agreed. Especially in unibody applications where the hitch is attached right to the body of the vehicle instead of to a frame that is isolated from the cabin.
I had one of these before and it did work well but I didn’t like that I had to remove and install it every time I removed and installed the drawbar and ball into the hitch receiver. With my current set up everything is already installed and set on the drawbar.
Update the rocker ball along with the collar did a great job of reducing the noise and jolts while starting and stopping. However, I didn’t account for the increase in the ball height caused by the base and base plate of the rocker ball so it’s too high / the trailer isn’t level when used with the 4” drop draw bar I bought. As a result I solved this problem the old fashioned way, I threw money at it. That is ordered a cushioned draw bar with a 6” drop. Thanks for the tip @Bottom Bracket. The price difference compared to a non cushioned unit was about $30 which in the overall costs for upgrading and repairing my boat this season is a rounding error plus any additional smoothing relating from the reslit use of the cushioned draw bar (along with the rocker ball can only help. I’m hoping the new draw bar will allow me to get rid of the collar and and rubber bands as well.
