GordonThree wrote:
How has this affected your tongue weight? Or is this a motorhome, so no tongue to worry about?
No it's a Travel Trailer and it has not affected my tongue weight enough to notice. I have not weighed it yet since the install.
But even with the lever arm that is created by the extended bumper and the load that is on it, The REAL fulcrum is the rear axle, the theoretical fulcrum is the center line between the two axles. So the effect of this is to have very little effect on tongue weight.
I do intend to weigh it before I leave El Centro now that I am back in the states. but it was just not feasible in the Baja.
If there had been any significant affect to the tongue weight I would have immediately felt it driving. And basically the trailer handles the same as it always did.
One good way to judge this is by the squat of the truck suspension. My truck sits level all around with the trailer hithed up as measured at the apex of the wheel wells to the tire tread. It didnt change.
The big issue is you have to be aware of the extra 3 feet on the back and how it swings in turns.
