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    Posted: 11 Sep 2012 at 4:46pm
Originally posted by techntrek

My box came all busted up, too.  I don't know how I wasn't missing any pieces, like the L brackets.

While the E2 and Equalizer aren't identical, they are close enough that any video made for one should be OK for the other.

 
 
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Originally posted by this_is_nascar

Originally posted by techntrek


My box came all busted up, too.  I don't know how I wasn't missing any pieces, like the L brackets.


While the E2 and Equalizer aren't identical, they are close enough that any video made for one should be OK for the other.





 

 

I just did a full inventory.  Luckily, everything is there.


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Now   ...get yourself a comfortable little stool, a cold beer and start twisting those nuts and bolts :-)

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I still need a breaker bar to mount the ball.  You said that thin-walled socket is definately 3/4" drive?
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Originally posted by this_is_nascar

I still need a breaker bar to mount the ball.  You said that thin-walled socket is definately 3/4" drive?

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If you ordered it from the company (Equalizer/Fastway) it is. Actually   ...pretty much all sockets that I own over 1 1/8" are 3/4" drive. Your other option   ...if you already have a 1/2" set up is a 3/4" adapter. Cheaper than a 3/4" breaker bar.

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Posts: 9059 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Sep 2012 at 6:44pm
 
Originally posted by Footslogger03


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Now   ...get yourself a comfortable little stool, a cold beer and start twisting those nuts and bolts :-)

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Thanks.  :)
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This upcoming weekend is the big trailer-swap weekend.  We decided not to renew our seasonal campsite for 2013, so we need to have the Jayco off the site by November 15th.  Although I'm 99% sure I'll be able to get it down the driveway, next to the house, out to the area in the yard where we'll keep it, I want to get it moved a couple weeks prior to the campground closing, this way, If I screwed-up and it can't fit, I have time to come up with plan-b.
 
I'll be assembling/mounting my E2 on Saturday on my Tacoma and the Jayco.  We'll make the trip home and assuming all goes well, I'm going to then remount the E2 onto the R-Pod and make whatever adjustments I need to the Tacoma portion.  We'll then pull the RP-151 to the seasonal site and finish out the final 2-3 weeks in the Pod.  It will be the most it's been used since we've owned it.
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While adjusting the assembly height and adding or removing washers is usually the right adjustment, happily moving the L brackets can temporarily solve a problem (like too much or not enough weight distribution) much easier but usually you need to do the full adjustment to fix it right.  Just saying you may be able to get the pod to the campsite with only an adjustment to the L brackets.
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Thanks.  Good to know. 
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Thanks 4 all the info. I still have a ?? If I get a eqlizer hitch then I have to replace the hitch that came with my Toyota Tacoma 6 cyl? Thats what I am reading here. So would not anti sway bars be better??
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