WDH on 2015 Silverado - Event Date: 09 May 2018

Markie,
Like allot of us here I too have a Fastway E2 WDH but sorry I have no answer to your question but hopefully someone here will. Though I will say that you give Fastway tech support a call and they should be able to answer your questions.

877-523-9103

Hope this helps.

i have a sequoia and a 182g with the lift kit.  i have my fastway on the lowest holes as you say. the ball could be lowered some, but once it is all hooked up and WDH in place it is very close and not in need of the lower ball mount.  i would estimate the pod is 1-2" lower at the rear than the front and i deem that close enough.  i would suggest setting up and getting the wdh in place and see where you are and then decide if you need a new drop and how much.  10" seems extreme. remember the rear of your tow vehicle will drop from the weight of the pod.  the wdh will transfer that to the front thereby lowering the front but not really raising the back.  Pickups tend to be high in the rear unattached and unloaded and thus very light in the rear.  your goal with wdh is a level tow vehicle and trailer.  Do the setup and bet you are very close. 

Markie, I have a '17 179 and pull it with a 1500 Dodge Ram. It doesn't even remotely need a WDH or suffer from any sway issues. I load about 300lbs of gear in the back. :)  

That is what I figured, I have had good luck with their tech staff. Let us know.

Originally posted by Markie Hi everyone,  I recently purchased a 2015 Silverado and I am trying to setup my Fastway E2 WDH.  I pull a 2011 178 rpod with the 4 inch riser kit installed on the camper.   To start I  leveled the camper, measured the height of the tounge coupler on the camper. With the WDH installed on the truck I have the Hitch head located in the lowest set of holes on the rise shank. I measure a three inch difference from the ball height to the camper toungue coupler height. Apparently i need 10 inch rise shank to accomodate the height difference. That seems like a big difference.  Is there anyone else using the same truck pulling an RPOD with WDH? I'm looking for someone with the same camper and TV for help on how to go about setting it up. Any help would be appreciated.

Your Silverado can't be that much different than our F-150. We find that a "standard drop" receiver hitch puts the top of the ball at roughly 20" AGL, which is almost identical to the hitch height on our RP-179 HRE. The E2 receiver assembly is mounted on the bottom-most holes. The trailer and the F-150 end up very close to level.

Perhaps you can measure the ball heights on the two vehicles to give us a clear idea of the discrepancy? Do you happen to have a lift kit on your Silverado?