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    Posted: 28 Jan 2013 at 4:55pm
Please insure that your factory installed hitch is at least a Class III.  Many are not.
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Posts: 9062 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Jan 2013 at 7:40pm

+1 on the class III hitch.

Is your factory installed hitch a receiver (the hitch ball can be removed leaving a square opening on the TV), or a permanently installed ball?  If you have a class III hitch you just need to buy the WDH for use with the existing receiver.

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I checked my paperwork which says it's a Class II hitch; an R-Pod serviceman called today and said he could install the E2 stabilizer (6000 lbs) to use with my current receiver, if I want that.  Why is it important to have a Class III?
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Thanks for the detailed explanation of the equalizer vs the sway bar.  I was unclear at first how it all fit together.  What is your opinion about the Class II hitch that was factory installed?  Some have said I need a Class III.  I'll be calling my Ford dealer as well.
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Posts: 1447 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Jan 2013 at 9:53pm
I took a look on the Ford site and recommemded Maximums for your Edge to tow are 3,500 pounds and a 350 pound toung weight.  Shipping weight for the Pod is less than that, but when you add your accesories (air, battery, propane), and supplies you are going to be near the max.  You may even be over if you tow with a full water tanks.  I would get weight distribution and sway protection.  I think you will need it.  And dont tow with water tanks full if you can help it. 
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Our friends, Forum members Gypsy Edie and Kona Joe, had a Class II factory hitch on a Mazda van, and our selling dealer,
Lazy Days in Tampa, basically refused to deliver the R 177 without upgrading to a Class III.  We had no
factory hitch, so it was an easy call for us to order a Class III from Amazon for our local mechanic to
install.

We then ordered, again from Amazon, a WDH and have had zero problems.

You will, of course, be installing a trailer brake controller, right?
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janice, usually class II hitches come with 1 1/4 inch receiver openings.  Most aftermarket accessories like bike racks, WDHs, cargo trays, etc, require the 2 inch receiver opening that comes with the class III and IV hitches.
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I guess I got lucky; my receiver is 2" and the Ford dealer said the E2 equalizer hitch would be a good idea.  Is there any one place to get the entire forum pod manual?  I have been finding pieces of it in various places.
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Posts: 457 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Jan 2013 at 5:05pm
"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink"

We tried-  she doesn't want to listen.  My conscience is clear.
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Just now reading post about a dealer who wouldn't allow r-pod to be used w/Class II.  I'll call the service dept. at the dealer.  And yes, I am having a digital brake controller installed.  Will from now on read posts in the order I receive them so as not to incur Angry.
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