Will this be strong enough?

[handirifle]

Something seems off. The weight on mine I believe was 130lbs. That say 99. I would get something in writing from them to insure it. I see it on the list. Maybe check here Reese and see what the listed weight for your model is. I did that with them and they gave me a complete list of what I needed for a complete install.

 

[JJZ 109]

Something seems off. The weight on mine I believe was 130lbs. That say 99. I would get something in writing from them to insure it. I see it on the list. Maybe check here Reese and see what the listed weight for your model is. I did that with them and they gave me a complete list of what I needed for a complete install.

I'm thinking you're right. Looks like the combo from Reese is 143 pounds. Reese - Fifth Wheel Coupler (click on Technical Specs)
One of the guys from Etrailer has answered every question and gone back & forth with me. He looked at the description I posted earlier and said that looks complete, but there's no way to be sure. Jet.com isn't much help in the question department. So I gave Jason from Etrailer the weight from Reese and asked him to compare to their shipping weight and the 99 pounds that Jet.com shows.
got-chrome shows the complete kit for $848 with free shipping. Etrailer will price match and give you 110% of the price difference for a discount. I've sent them the link so we'll see how it goes.

 

[handirifle]

Wow that's a good deal. Wish I had known about that one. I will keep that in mind if and when I upgrade the truck hitch. Right now using one a neighbor gave me, a Reese Pro series 15K. Had some play I had to shim out of it. Will see how it holds up. At least the price was right. He gave me the hitch and rails.

 

[JJZ 109]

Wow that's a good deal. Wish I had known about that one. I will keep that in mind if and when I upgrade the truck hitch. Right now using one a neighbor gave me, a Reese Pro series 15K. Had some play I had to shim out of it. Will see how it holds up. At least the price was right. He gave me the hitch and rails.

I wound up buying from Etrailer for $896 with free shipping. I've emailed 4 links to them so they can determine if any of them are the exact same model for the 110% price match thing. All 4 were the same ST400-SW16k, but had different Reese part numbers. I could not locate a Reese part number on the Etrailer unit, so we'll see how this goes.

 

[JJZ 109]

Here's the result from the 4 comparison links sent to etrailer.com for them to compare others' prices to theirs for their price match guarantee. This morning they informed me that they've gone ahead and refunded my credit card $128.65.
So it appears that they do honor the 110% price difference guarantee. Will keep this in mind when future trailer needs arise. My $896 item just became $770.

 

[handirifle]

Sweet! Man I wished I had seen that. Good for you. On my little bit of head play I mentioned, I emailed Reese about it and they highly recommended getting the custom wedge for that hitch, so I ordered one off Ebay. Might save yourself some concern and order it ahead of time. Mine was about $50 shipped.

Post your towing results and opinion.

 

[handirifle]

One note about etrailer. I had a set of rails already and called on the phone to etrailer about the custom brackets to mount the rails on my truck. I couldn't tell from the pictures so I asked if the brackets also included the bolt hardware to mount the rails to the brackets. After checking for a moment, the girl said yes, so I ordered the brackets. I had seen separate kits for the rail hardware but saw no need to get that too.

Well they were not included. I ended up going into town and buying hardware I needed at almost the same cost as the hardware kits they sold. I emailed them about it and they did a review. They came back and said indeed, they had told me it was included. Their offer was to pay the shipping for the hardware kit if I ordered one. I said too late I already bought what I needed local. Wasn't much of an offer in my opinion.

Going to the hardware store is no small deal here. It's 20 miles one way, to town.

 

[JJZ 109]

Sweet! Man I wished I had seen that. Good for you. On my little bit of head play I mentioned, I emailed Reese about it and they highly recommended getting the custom wedge for that hitch, so I ordered one off Ebay. Might save yourself some concern and order it ahead of time. Mine was about $50 shipped.

Post your towing results and opinion.

Thanks for that heads up. It's not due here until 4/19. I'll hook it up and scoot down to the local fire department's parking lot and see just how it's going to turn. Will keep any eye out for any slop or play.

 

[handirifle]

Make sure you get the wedge driven as far back as it will go, on initial setup. It took me twice to figure it out.

 

[JJZ 109]

Make sure you get the wedge driven as far back as it will go, on initial setup. It took me twice to figure it out.

Thanks again for all of the advice. Today I ordered an SWW-03 wedge for my Reese 30047 hitch, along with a couple of lube discs.
Figured it'd be better to get the one specified for my hitch instead of fussing with the universal wedge that comes with the combo. "Universal" usually is not.