How big is too big? How small is too small?

rjstractor wrote:

ron.dittmer wrote:
I would think this would open opportunity for a wider selection of motor homes to choose from, actually ideal for boat launching regardless of the motor home. This because the axle is real close to the ball. And in most cases with the load on a motor home, the front axle is under-loaded with lots of margin to weigh it with a boat trailer in a boat ramp parking lot. It won't sag much at all.

Good points, and also good points about the long overhang. To play devil's advocate, the flip side of a long overhang is that the drive wheels stay dry, and with 2/3 of the coach weight on the drive wheels, backing down the ramp gives you much better traction than nosing down. With the hitch on the front, it would be easy to get the front wheels wet (and the engine if your're not careful) in order to get the boat far enough into the water to launch.

I agree that the longer overhang has been benificial in launching our boat. In the lake we usually use the boat the overhang is needed to lauch the boat in and out ot the water. Our recent trip to a campground/marina we arrived at a full moon low tide and needed every inch of the overhang to launch the boat. A front hitch would have put the engine in the water.