Hey, I should have followed up on your last post! I'm glad to hear you decided to go ahead and get the 295RE! Congrats!
Your hitch. It doesn't take very much to install it and doesn't take a lot of time either. Simply slide the hitch into the receiver of your truck. Make your camper parallel to the ground. Adjust the hitch height so the ball matches the tongue coupler height. Back up the truck and hitch. Let down the tongue jack to where the camper sits level again and the tuck should sit level (hitched) but still with the tongue jack on the ground supporting the weight of both the truck and camper. Then put the L-brackets over the tongue A-Frame and insert the bars into the hitch. Let the bars dangle. Then use your best judgment how high or low those L-brackets need to be adjusted. As soon as you crank the tongue jack up, you immediately see how much sag the back of the truck has. If too much of a variance between the front of the truck and the back, then either raise those L brackets or lower them. Before starting, measure the bumper distance front and back from the ground. When the hitch is on and the weight of the camper is on, the front and back bumper height should be equal in their difference. (if the front lowers 1/2 inch, the back should lower 1/2 inch). You know the WD bars are throwing equal weight over the entire truck, front and back axles. Really, you can't do this ahead of time. You really need the trailer to set it up.
Now, if you want to plan ahead a little, if you can find a dealer that has any Outbacks on the lot, you could always go out there and measure the distance from the ground to the trailer coupler and go ahead and set your hitch to that height. But the L-bracket will have to wait till you get the camper.
The important thing you're attempting to accomplish is to keep the camper as level as possible when attached to the tow vehicle, and you're attempting to distribute weight evenly between the front and the rear axles of the truck.
Clear as mud, hum?
Hey, good luck! Congrats too!
