Re: Hitch Weight Question
Reply #15 –
Take a look at the SW-58DW Tandem Tow by Cruizer Lift or the Idaho Tote. Remember that you are effectively adding length to the levered mass at the end of your motor home, which creates a mechanical advantage that multiplies the weight of that cycle. This is also a mass in motion moving up and down vertically further adding to the lever effect. Think catapult. You also have a very heavy motor sitting back behind the rear axle. You might get away with it for a while, but eventually it will have it's way with the frame and your emergency control. You might find hydroplaning a whole new experience with that big weight on the back, effectively changing the hydroplane speed by 5 to 10 mph or so. With xxtra weight on the back of the coach, might quckly become a puller instead of a pusher.
I speak from the experience of having a triple towed a TT and boat behind a Suburban. The 24 foot travel trailer was totaled without touching anything, just a violent swaying back and forth after a semi passed me. Frame twisted and attachment bolts in front third of trailer pulled through the floor. Looked fine after the loss of control if you didn't count every item in cabinets and fridge in the floor, boat broken loose from winch (safety chain worked), bent trailer wheel, and a strained shoulder from wheeling it down the road side to side.
Topic: Hitch Weight Question