E2 WDH model recommendation |
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Island Rider
Newbie Joined: 12 May 2016 Location: British Columbi Online Status: Offline Posts: 6 |
Topic: E2 WDH model recommendation Posted: 04 Aug 2016 at 10:06pm |
I have the round bar version which sits lower on the standard shank than the trunnion version when mounted in the lowest position. This means setup will differ between the two versions.
I haven’t had any clearance issues. The brackets look low but haven't dragged. I had a good test of clearance recently when loading onto a small ferry during a very low tide. There was quite an angle between the ramp and the ferry deck. Nothing dragged. I think the fact that the brackets are about 2'+ aft of the coupler helps. |
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Dan
Vancouver Island 2016 179, 2016 Tundra |
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stevei54
Newbie Joined: 16 Feb 2014 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 7 |
Posted: 04 Aug 2016 at 8:36pm |
Island Rider, any clearance problems? I had the brackets in the lowest position and was worried if the ground clearance was to low and might cause problems? Not sure I saw whether you had the round or the trunion version?
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Island Rider
Newbie Joined: 12 May 2016 Location: British Columbi Online Status: Offline Posts: 6 |
Posted: 12 Jul 2016 at 1:25am |
I did install it on our stock Tundra and 179. I used 4 spacers and installed the L brackets on the tongue in the lowest position. I also bolted the head of the hitch in the lowest position on the stock shank. Having the hitch higher and/or more spacers and/or having the the L brackets higher resulted in the Tundra being a bit nose down from the instructions provided by Fastway. With this set up when sitting on flat ground the stance of the TV is good and the Rpod is slightly nose down (about 1 inch measuring from the front and back of the frame to the ground).
I know that Fastway indicates that 5 spacers are the minimum but that didn't seem to work for me. I can't see any problem with 4 spacers. One caveat. I did this shortly after we bought the trailer and it wasn't fully loaded. I will check the setup again later this year and adjust if necessary. I'm happy with the results.
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Dan
Vancouver Island 2016 179, 2016 Tundra |
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stevei54
Newbie Joined: 16 Feb 2014 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 7 |
Posted: 11 Jul 2016 at 10:23pm |
did you install it? wondered as reference how many spacers you used on your Tundra?
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 07 Jun 2016 at 1:16pm |
Should be a nice improvement.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Island Rider
Newbie Joined: 12 May 2016 Location: British Columbi Online Status: Offline Posts: 6 |
Posted: 06 Jun 2016 at 6:33pm |
Update - I bought and installed the E2 600. After I got it set up I went back to the dealer where I bought it to have the shank bolts torqued to 250 ft lbs. No way could I do that with my tools.
Have only tested it out with short runs locally but it seems to working fine. I'll see how it works when we take our next trip.
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Dan
Vancouver Island 2016 179, 2016 Tundra |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 27 May 2016 at 9:58pm |
With butter.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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CharlieM
Senior Member Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797 |
Posted: 27 May 2016 at 1:33pm |
Yes, there can be slight side-to-side differences between tongue and floor due to frame twist and/or bubble sensitivity. Worse on two axle trailers so I use the floor for initial cross leveling, then use the bubble on the tongue after uncoupling. That said, final leveling should always be done with Fred's frozen peas . |
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Charlie
Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 27 May 2016 at 1:05pm |
I've noticed slight variations from the tongue to the floor. When leveling for comfort I use the floor as my measuring point. When setting up the WDH I used the tongue.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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CharlieM
Senior Member Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797 |
Posted: 27 May 2016 at 11:50am |
In fact, it makes no difference in the real world. If it's level at any place (floor, counter, tongue) it will be close enough for you and the fridge. The only time you might want to be more selective is if you're running a calibration on tank levels for a SeeLevel gauge system. Even then, replicating that degree of levelness at a campsite is of marginal value. I usually check on the floor or counter top for side to side level, then with a bubble on the tongue for front to back. For towing aspect, anywhere is adequate.
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Charlie
Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD |
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