Need to get shot
So I towed the trailer into the mountains last weekend with the bike on the lift. The wind was blowing and the trailer towed terrible. Especially going down hill the trailer would push the truck aroun...
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laknox wrote:attuco wrote:
I ran into a similar situation with a 500 pound motorcycle on a Arctic Fox 24-5.
I mounted a truck sidebox on the pinbox and added 4, 6 volt batteries. They were cheaper than lead.
Winner, winner, chicken dinner! :-)
Actually, lead is so expensive right now that the organization that runs the last fully operational WWII Liberty Ship, the USS O'Brien, took the lead ballast out a number of years ago, and replaced it with concrete. They used the profits for their last mandated dry dock and still had money left over.
Shoot, just head down to any scrap yard and pick up however many old batteries you want, drain and flush them out, and you've got all the ballast you could wish for, though I've never heard of anyone =purposely= adding weight to an RV.
Another option would be to travel with minimal fresh water, but full black and grey water, then dump as soon as you get to the campground...a$$-u-ming you're not boondocking.
Lyle
I've already got 4, 6 volt batteries mounted very close to the front of the trailer.
I am pondering the idea of mounting a second fresh water tank under the front storage compartment. I could transfer the water from this second tank to the factory tank once I arrive at my destination. 60 gallons of fresh water toward the front of the trailer would put about 400 lbs on the pin.
