Fastway E2 and WDH setup

ditto to zilla's comments.  I don't want a flying pod coming loose when all that is jacked up.  But in reality, the tow vehicle falls and is fine and the pod might bounce a bit and scare the tar out of you.  I think that was my main concern, the stress in the pod hitch and if that is a problem.  The wdh and ball is really beefed up so the pod hitch is carrying the weight of the rear of the tow vehicle at the point of attach and detachment.

That is the way I was taught at the dealer for our 28' TT.  Hook up the trailer, lift the truck's rear end and trailer's front end using the tongue jack, put in the WDH bars, lower everything and go.  Do the reverse to unhook.  I know it sounds like the jack is struggling to do that but it'll do it.  When hooking up the 28' TT i'm lifting it and the back end of a RAM 3500 dually.  Keep in mind you're not lifting the whole weight of the trailer, only the tongue weight plus the back end weight of the tow vehicle.

Originally posted by Subzilla I also use the jack with my Equalizer WDH to remove the friction bars.  Anybody have any fear of overstressing the hitch latch on the trailer by lifting both the trailer and the truck?  Doesn't seem like a whole lot there....designed more to keep the trailer from bouncing off.  Me overthinking things?

I've wondered about that myself, but it is more-or-less "standard practice". If it was something that is a real issue, you'd think some other method would have been devised.

my drive way is sloped and i had a situation where pod was level but tow vehicle tilted to left(driver).  That is tricky.  Right side (passenger)was easy to remove with jack height.  The left(lower side) had a lot of tension to relieve due to the tow vehicle tilt.  Finally got it loose but learned to undo the trunnion bars on level ground or at least when pod and tow vehicle are at the same angle.  With an electric jack failure, worst case, i will have to use the little manual crank to raise the jack to remove bars.  I hope that never happens.  

X2 on raising the TT to take the tension off the bars.  So much easier and safer, well worth the couple of minutes.