Carrying a motorcycle on the back hitch
While I'm still fishing for lightweight toad suggestions with another post, I now would like to know people's experiences carrying a motorcycle using the rear hitch. Here's a sample product: http://ww...
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I think the point made was not that 400 becomes 700 total weight, but 400 in the back could very well mean a 700 pound increase on the rear axle and 300 pounds removed from the front axle. You would have to do the math to figure it out exactly. Any weight you add behind the rear axle removes weight from the front axle. So the weight you add to the rear plus the weight that gets removed off the front all transfers to the rear axle.
My first motorhome was a 32 foot Rexhall gas rig. For some reason Rexhall put the fresh water tank under the bed at the very rear of the motorhome. When I filled that water tank and drove I could definitely feel the difference and the front end became clearly more unstable since it was lighter. I ended up having to make sure it was at least half empty when I was going to drive longer distances.
My first motorhome was a 32 foot Rexhall gas rig. For some reason Rexhall put the fresh water tank under the bed at the very rear of the motorhome. When I filled that water tank and drove I could definitely feel the difference and the front end became clearly more unstable since it was lighter. I ended up having to make sure it was at least half empty when I was going to drive longer distances.
