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GlueGuy 
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Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2702 |
 Topic: FastWay e2 600/6000 Trunnion HitchPosted: 30 Jan 2019 at 8:17am |
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2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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michaeln
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Joined: 08 Dec 2018 Location: Avery, CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 40 |
Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 2:36pm |
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The new hitch head arrived today. It is exactly the same as the one that came in the hitch package, ie: 3/16" gap between rivet head and shank with 3 washers. Less space with 4 washers but the rivet still rattles around and has a gap.
This is what I thought I would find. Wrote to FastWay support, the ball is back in their court. I also posted a review of this thing with my saga on the etrailer site where I bought it, but they won't publish it because it is a negative review. That's why you only see 4 and 5 star reviews on their site.
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michaeln
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Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 3:42pm |
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NOW they come back and say that "you won't get any effect with less than five washers", which is what I already told them multiple times. They want me to put it back together with five washers and try the middle holes for the L brackets, and if that is too much, try the next set of holes down, and if that is still too much try the LOWEST set of holes.
That is what I already did to begin with, and I even supplied them with all the measurements. What they SHOULD do with this setup is swap it out for the 450/4000 since my beefed up Tacoma and this light 171 only has 380lbs MEASURED tongue weight. I tell ya, I wish I had never heard of FastWay.
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michaeln
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Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 3:56pm |
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Now they say the 450/4000 would not be any different on my rig. So at this point I guess I put the whole mess on Craigslist and get what I can out of it (won't be much) and try to forget I ever heard of FastWay and e2.
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GlueGuy
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Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2702 |
Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 4:28pm |
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Darn curious why it's not working on your Tacoma, and it works just fine on our F-150 which has an additional 5000 lbs of capacity. Of course, we're using the round bar instead of the trunion, but I would not expect that to make that much of a difference. We also have a Tacoma, but we've never pulled the R-pod with it. As the receiver height is almost identical, I would have guessed we could almost just swap it over without adjustment.
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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offgrid
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Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 5:38pm |
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If you only get a tiny increase in front axle height without the wdh then there is no adjustment you can do with it that will change that. With your rig it looks like weight distribution is not really required. But I wouldn’t give up on your hitch just yet, additional sway control can’t hurt. I’m not clear how sway control on the E2 works, can someone who has one clarify if you can still get sway control with this hitch if it’s untensioned or only very lightly tensioned?
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1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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michaeln
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Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 5:40pm |
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Wow, your F-150 has 11500 lbs capacity? I would not have thought it was that high.
Oh well, it's not the first time I have wasted money, and I'm sure it won't be the last.
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michaeln
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Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 5:47pm |
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Since it is clear I don't need weight distribution with the light 171 and beefed up Tacoma, I am considering getting the Hayes Sway Master. It works electronically to sense the beginnings of sway and promptly applying the correct amount of trailer brakes to bring it back in line.
There is also the Tuson one that uses the brakes too but it uses them differentially where the Hayes applies both brakes. The Tuson costs about double and is a way more complicated install because you have to tap into the individual brake wiring. That seems more complex than it needs to be.
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offgrid
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Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 6:39pm |
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That direction certainly makes sense. I wish we were closer, I’d like to change to an E2 from my current wdh. But you’re probably better off selling it locally on CL.
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Motor7
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Joined: 09 Jan 2019 Location: E. TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 196 |
Posted: 30 Jan 2019 at 9:06pm |
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I just installed a Hayes Sway Master, but have not towed the pod anywhere in this frozen wonderland.
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2016 R-Pod 176T
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