How high can the TV go?

[jma3910]

I have a 2013 F 150. The wdh is the Fastway Equalizer E-2. No problems with hooking up. My question, the way the dealer showed me to unhook, I raise the trailer as high as needed until the pressuer is off the bars and you can pull them off with just a minor pull. IS the normal? Sometimes the truck is quite high? Thanks

[mkirsch]

It's called, "Work smarter, not harder."

Perfectly normal to lift take some weight off the rear of the truck to make hooking up the WD chains/bars/whatever easier.

Electric jacks usually have 3500lb rated capacity or more. Your typical 1/2 ton pickup weighs in at around 2200-2500lb on the rear axle, and you give yourself a bit of mechanical advantage jacking at the hitch ball. Trailer tongues are anywhere from 800-1200lbs. An electric jack could easily lift the rear of a typical combination right off the ground!

Not a good idea if you're not on the level, though.

[93Cobra2771]

Wheels off the back of the ground is way too high.

Sometimes a campsite can be high in the front. When hooking up, you can't get jack up high enough to engage the snap up brackets. In that case, simply don't hook the bars up. Pull the combo out on level ground, then hook them up.

To the OP, yes, it is normal to jack the back of the truck up, sometimes pretty high. Keep in mind, though, that you only need to go up high enough to engage the chain on the snap up bracket. If you can hang the chain, then you are high enough to use the leverage tool to finish the job.

[buzzard616]

If I can hook or unhook the chains with one hand (using the bar :R) then that's high enough.

Stu

[Turtle_n_Peeps]

That is a good way to smoke an electric tongue jack. They were not meant to lift like that. I've seen it done.

[jma3910]

The leverage tool used to put the bars on works great. However it seems to have no function to remove the bars. I know you raise the trailer to get the weight off, but if I am on a slope or hill, i can max out the jack and still can't get the bars off. So, additional question is does the leverage tool have a function to remove the bar and I'm being challenged here?

[Golden_HVAC]

Yes it is normal, and makes it so much easier to remove the WD bars.

Fred.

[goducks10]

I've accidently lifted the rear wheels off the ground on my F150. It's normal. And depending how far your WD head is tilted down will determine how high you need to raise the truck.

[WyoTraveler]

That is the way I always did it. Makes it a lot easier to hook and unhook. If I recall Reese has it in their directions.