Setup - ProPride hitch and Jayco Eagle
I have just ordered a Jayco Eagle 316 RKDS... Have to travel 600 miles to pick it up. I also just ordered a ProPride hitch 1400. After completing the paperwork and the walkthru of the trailer I wi...
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Sorry to take so long to get back...
First of all I must say "I love my ProPride hitch"
The initial setup was tense. I took every tool I could think id need... And needed almost all of them.
Arrived at the dealer at 11:45. The salesman took us to lunch because the the guy that was to give us the walk thru left a minute before we arrived. Couldn't do the paper work or work on the hitch until the walkthru was complete. Walkthru started at 1- nothing found. 90 minutes later... Paperwork... No issues, started working on hitch setup at 3... They closed at 5.
20 degrees and wind howling outside. But, they allowed me to work in the warm bays. I could not have asked for better accommodations.
The DW assisted with reading the instructions as I worked - the only hang ups were having to cut battery box framing to allow the ubolts to hang properly. I did have to change the stinger's height... Takes a few minutes. I had already torqued the first setup.
The salesperson and shop foreman started hovering about 15 minutes before 5...
Finished and pulled out about 5:10. WHEW!
I Needed a saws all and a discgrinder to cut the battery box angle iron. Glad I brought them!
One complaint about the hitch... The welding on the plates on the weight distribution things was a little sloppy. Plenty strong, but some spatter that I had to clean with drill bits to get the ubolts thru.
Joe
First of all I must say "I love my ProPride hitch"
The initial setup was tense. I took every tool I could think id need... And needed almost all of them.
Arrived at the dealer at 11:45. The salesman took us to lunch because the the guy that was to give us the walk thru left a minute before we arrived. Couldn't do the paper work or work on the hitch until the walkthru was complete. Walkthru started at 1- nothing found. 90 minutes later... Paperwork... No issues, started working on hitch setup at 3... They closed at 5.
20 degrees and wind howling outside. But, they allowed me to work in the warm bays. I could not have asked for better accommodations.
The DW assisted with reading the instructions as I worked - the only hang ups were having to cut battery box framing to allow the ubolts to hang properly. I did have to change the stinger's height... Takes a few minutes. I had already torqued the first setup.
The salesperson and shop foreman started hovering about 15 minutes before 5...
Finished and pulled out about 5:10. WHEW!
I Needed a saws all and a discgrinder to cut the battery box angle iron. Glad I brought them!
One complaint about the hitch... The welding on the plates on the weight distribution things was a little sloppy. Plenty strong, but some spatter that I had to clean with drill bits to get the ubolts thru.
Joe
