I also have a Vcross (Vibe) but had to abandon my chain weight dist. hitch as the trailer body covered the A-frame and doesn't allow for any hitch/chain pulling above the A-frame. The body interferes with the lift pipe. Maybe there is something new out there since I purchased mine 2 years ago. Will the lift pipe hit the body when lifting? Even when lifting the coupled vehicles with the tongue jack, the lift rod is still needed sometimes. Much faster, too, as the jack provided by Forest River is sooo sloooow. A big help is also the Fastway Flip Jack Tongue Foot to the tongue jack. As delivered, our tongue jack wouldn't lift the tongue high enough to connect with the tow vehicle, needed several 4x4s under the jack. This is much safer. I'm using the manufacturer recommended Equali-i-zer 4 point WDH.