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    Posted: 14 Apr 2021 at 9:23am
Thank you all for your input, advice and information.  It is greatly appreciated.
Off to buy a WDH.
Be careful.
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So now the question becomes:  What size WDH?  500, 600, 1,000?  
Tacoma Sport/R-Pod 179.
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I use an E2 with 600 lbs bars and am totally satisficed with it towing a 179 with a Pathfinder.  Hope this helps.
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+1 to JR for hitch.
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I'm towing a 179 with a Dodge Durango GT Plus and the E2 600/6000 pound hitch.
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We tow our 179 with an Equalizer 4 point, 600 pound bars. Very happy tow package with our ford Expedition EL
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I have 1000 lb bars. My tongue weight is 500 lbs, and the wdh also has to lift cargo in the rear of the TV. So I think 600lbs is too low. The only issue with a stiffer wdh is going to be a bouncy ride, which I don't have even with 1000 lb bars.
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We have the E2 600, and we are totally, completely, and absolutely satisfied with the way it handles our RP179. It is the one our dealer recommended.
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If you have a heavy enough tow vehicle you don't need a wdh at all. So a lighter TV is going to benefit from higher wdh tension than a heavier one will. Sounds counter intuitive I know. Highlanders have a relatively short wheelbase so I end up with about 750-800 lbs tension on my bars to counteract the 500lbs on the tongue and the (pretty light) load in the cargo area.
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Posts: 2628 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Jun 2021 at 11:10am
Even if you have a heavy enough vehicle, you would still (probably) need to adjust the suspension height. That would mean load levelers, sumo springs, or super springs or "something". I discovered this last year with our F150, which is plenty "heavy enough". I strapped up the Rpod without the WDH, and while it towed just fine, I found that the headlights were too high, and probably illegal.

I was in a hurry, and I didn't have very far to go, so I thought it would be "OK". I decided after that that the couple of minutes to hook up the WDH would not be the deciding factor in the future.
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