weight capacity. Add an axle?
A guest arrived this past summer with a Holiday Rambler 5er carrying a Harley on a Hydrolift. He had 3 axles. HR never made a triple in a non toy hauler that I know of, so I asked about it. He added...
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Well in your friend's case, the extra weight was all behind the rear most axle, and the added "Lift" of say 4,000 pounds up would only compensate for the 1,200 pounds lift and Harley weight going down, and some 6-8 feet behind the rearmost factory axle.
Say your wheelbase is 180" (15 feet is a easy measurement) and your next axle center is an additional 48" behind the factory rear axle.
If you transfer 2,000 pounds off the rear of the trailer (either remove a LOT of factory installed equipment like the stove and refrigerator) or install the additional axle and move the weight onto it. Then this will move your weight center of gravity forward, and put more weight on the hitch.
If you also need to remove hitch weight, then the additional axle would need to be in front of the factory axles, and then it will transfer a lot of weight off the hitch and move the center of gravity rearward a LOT. So if you place 2,000 pounds on the center mounted axle, it might take 500 pounds off the pin, and place some extra weight on the rearmost axle.
Fred.
Say your wheelbase is 180" (15 feet is a easy measurement) and your next axle center is an additional 48" behind the factory rear axle.
If you transfer 2,000 pounds off the rear of the trailer (either remove a LOT of factory installed equipment like the stove and refrigerator) or install the additional axle and move the weight onto it. Then this will move your weight center of gravity forward, and put more weight on the hitch.
If you also need to remove hitch weight, then the additional axle would need to be in front of the factory axles, and then it will transfer a lot of weight off the hitch and move the center of gravity rearward a LOT. So if you place 2,000 pounds on the center mounted axle, it might take 500 pounds off the pin, and place some extra weight on the rearmost axle.
Fred.
