Camping off-grid & batteries/propane/solar
A few of you are aware that I am picking up a Lance 1575 this weekend. I will, at time, camp in places where I will basically be off the grid in the sense that there will be no hookups. The dealer c...
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Chandne wrote:
The 4Runner has pulled a travel trailer in the past before so it wired up and has a Prodigy in it and looks like an eight-pin connector (6 pins surrounding two) mounted near the hitch receiver.
This is a 7-pin Bargman pinout ... ignore the wire colour codes as they can vary but the purpose of each pin is always the same. Charge line is Pin #4.
I'll also discuss the E2 vs, simple sway control. I talked to the service guys again and he said that as log as I did not go crazy loading up heavy stuff in the front storage of the trailer, I would not need an E2 for the 4Runner since the axle was very centered on this Lance, and to run it that way.
Sorry, but that's just a load of nonsense. Regardless of what the trailer's weight bias may be you always want your gross tongue weight to be 13% - 14% of it's gross weight loaded and ready to camp. Dropping that much weight on the rear of your 4 Runner will absolutely unload the front steer axle and the only way you're going to restore it is to use a properly sized and adjusted weight distribution. Certainly the E2 will serve this purpose but the Equal-i-zer with 4-point sway control will do even better. I tow my own 19' travel trailer with my Avalanche and don't use sway control but I'd never tow any trailer without the benefit of weight distribution. :E
