4Runner adjustable ball mount with 21'

[float5]

Is there anyone on here who has picked up a 21' using a 4Runner and has an adjustable ball mount? We are interested in the connection from the trailer to the 7-pin. And I guess you would have to have a 4Runner from 2010 or later to be comparable. Ours is a 2011. Our WDH is not Anderson but the other one that Escape sells.

[dfandrews]

I don't see the connection between the ball mount height and the seven pin.
The electrical umbilical from the trailer is long enough to accommodate a variety of ball mount heights (and receptacle heights)
on the tow vehicle.

[Rossue]

Originally Posted by Floating Cloud

Is there anyone on here who has picked up a 21' using a 4Runner and has an adjustable ball mount? We are interested in the connection from the trailer to the 7-pin. And I guess you would have to have a 4Runner from 2010 or later to be comparable. Ours is a 2011. Our WDH is not Anderson but the other one that Escape sells.

Previously had the Pro Series WDH I believe you are talking about- it is the Pro Series. The stinger assembly with ball is adjustable for height.

[dfandrews]

Here is the Pro-Series adjustable ball mount section being installed. You can see the 7 pin umbilical on the right; it has enough length to reach.
Escape Trailer Owners Community - Jen & Angie's Album: Our Maiden Journey with our Escape 15B - Picture

[float5]

Originally Posted by Rossue

Previously had the Pro Series WDH I believe you are talking about- it is the Pro Series. The stinger assembly with ball is adjustable for height.

Did you pick up your 21' with a 4Runner from 2010 or later with that Pro series adjustable ball mount on it? (Our 19' required an extension cord to the 7-pin. That adjustable ball mount is a greater distance from the TV than many other ball mounts.)

[dfandrews]

Originally Posted by Floating Cloud

...(Our 19' required an extension cord to the 7-pin. That adjustable ball mount is a greater distance from the TV than many other ball mounts.)

Is that extension something that ETI provided to you when you received your 19? Did they have any comments regarding the length issue?

[Rossue]

Originally Posted by Floating Cloud

Did you pick up your 21' with a 4Runner from 2010 or later with that Pro series adjustable ball mount on it? (Our 19' required an extension cord to the 7-pin. That adjustable ball mount is a greater distance from the TV than many other ball mounts.)

The Pro Series I had came with the used 17B we bought from a private party in 9/13. The stinger with ball is fairly large & heavy. For the 21 it didn't take me long to figure the Andersen was worth the extra $$. Having used it quite a bit since last September confirmed the decision. The stinger/ball assembly seems 1/3 the size and 1/2 the weight.

[float5]

We bought that one 8 months old. Someone else picked it up. It fit theirs, not ours.

[cpaharley2008]

Perhaps I'm missing something here, but I always thought an adjustable ball mount was for vertical adjustments, not horizontal. Thus the electrical connect should not be impacted by the vertical adjustment, was it?

[Bill and Earline]

Originally Posted by Floating Cloud

Is there anyone on here who has picked up a 21' using a 4Runner and has an adjustable ball mount? We are interested in the connection from the trailer to the 7-pin. And I guess you would have to have a 4Runner from 2010 or later to be comparable. Ours is a 2011. Our WDH is not Anderson but the other one that Escape sells.

After seeing the image that dfandrews posted, that looks like a lot steel just to get a certain amount ball height. Before ending up with my Andersen hitch (which has all that same amount of steel) I had bought a Curt 2 inch ball with an additional 2 inch rise over standard. They are also available in 1.5 and 1 inch options that just have more shaft before the ball.

[Brian B-P]

Originally Posted by cpaharley2008

Perhaps I'm missing something here, but I always thought an adjustable ball mount was for vertical adjustments, not horizontal.

Yes, but the adjustable design is very bulky, which makes it long (horizontally), which places the ball further back than a fixed-height ball mount. The Andersen height-adjustable mounts (both the one in the No-Sway WDH and the similar ones which are just ball mounts) are reasonably compact as adjustable mounts go - conventional WD heads are often longer.

[cpaharley2008]

So, my next questions why such a heavy duty set up for such a light trailer, it is a 15" model?

[Brian B-P]

Originally Posted by cpaharley2008

So, my next questions why such a heavy duty set up for such a light trailer, it is a 15" model?

There are few light-duty WDH choices, so even though Jen and Angie's trailer is a 15-foot, it got a typical WDH... which, yes, is a huge hunk of hardware.

Even the Andersen No-Sway, although it has a reasonably compact head, is much heavier than required for an Escape (since it has over twice the required weight capacity)... the extra weight is most apparent in the chains, rather than the head.

For Cathy, of course, it is a 19-foot being replaced by a 21-foot, so we're talking about heavier trailers than the 15-foot.