When shopping for towing gear, it’s tempting to treat your hitch as an afterthought. After all, it’s just a metal connection between your truck and your trailer, right? And if one hitch is $300 and another is $2,000, the math seems simple—save the money.

But that kind of thinking is costing RVers more than they realize.

At ProPride, we talk to customers every week who started with a cheaper hitch and are now paying the price, literally and figuratively. Here’s what you might not see on the spec sheet or the sales page: the real costs of cutting corners on your hitch.

1. Fuel Efficiency That Drains Your Wallet

Improper weight distribution can throw off your vehicle’s balance and aerodynamics. That means your engine works harder, and your gas bill goes up. What seems like a minor MPG loss adds up quickly on long road trips. For a season, you could spend hundreds more on fuel simply because your hitch isn’t designed to keep things tight and aligned.

With the ProPride 3P® Hitch, weight distribution and sway elimination work together to help your rig track true and run efficiently.

2. Wear and Tear on Your Rig

Cheap hitches don’t just waste fuel—they accelerate damage. Sway and bounce cause uneven wear on tires, stress your axles, and fatigue suspension systems. What starts as a small shake on the highway can turn into thousands of dollars in repairs down the road.

ProPride eliminates sway at the mechanical level, reducing the punishment your tow vehicle and trailer take mile after mile.

3. Insurance Risk and Liability

Accidents caused by trailer sway are among the most dangerous towing incidents. In a worst-case scenario, that sway can result in jackknifes, rollovers, or rear-end collisions. And if your insurance provider finds that your hitch didn’t include modern sway prevention? That could affect your claim or your premium.

A single accident avoided more than pays for a ProPride 3P Hitch.

4. Mental Fatigue and Driver Stress

Not every cost is on a receipt. Driving with sway is draining. Every passing semi-truck, gust of wind, or lane change becomes an exercise in tension and overcorrection. You’re not relaxing. You’re just surviving the drive.

We’ve had customers describe their first trip with ProPride as “liberating.” When sway disappears, so does the mental load. You arrive more energized, more focused, and ready to enjoy the trip instead of recovering from it.

5. The Upgrade You’ll Make Anyway

Ask around: Many experienced RVers started with a cheaper hitch, only to upgrade later. Why not skip the frustrating step? Instead of paying twice (once for the cheap hitch and again for the right one), go straight to the hitch you’ll wish you had the first time.

Stop Paying for “Cheap”

At face value, a $300 hitch seems like a steal. But it doesn’t take long for the hidden costs to surface—in fuel, repairs, risk, stress, and regrets.

The ProPride 3P Hitch is built to eliminate those costs. It’s not just a hitch—it’s insurance, comfort, and control all in one.

Invest once. Make it count. Choose ProPride.