How much hitch drop?
Setting up our first towed. The hitch receiver on the coach is 20” off the ground. The attachment points on the car will be about 12”, a difference of about 8”, which is too much. I need a hitch ...
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WyoTraveler wrote:Golden_HVAC wrote:
Hi,
I would suggest the 6" drop. A little uphill is OK, but downhill is much worse, as in a panic stop, the nose of the RV will dive, the rear might go up say 4" and if to far, the car can go under the RV! as the hitch bar goes sky high, and the nose of the car is pushed downward.
Also fill the fresh water tank, and see how much the back drops. My fresh water tank is in the basement, under the rear bed, so it will effect the hitch ball mount height. My grey and black water tanks are just forward of that tank, and everything seems to stay about the same as I camp and fill the other tanks with the fresh water. But when everything is empty, it takes 800 pounds off the back of my RV, so I would imagine it goes up 1/2" or so?
Good luck,
Fred.
Yes it should be level. I never made a panic stop but interesting anology. Since my toad has brakes I wonder if it would really go under the MH or just stop at the same distance from the MH. Of course I would agree completely if the toad didn't have brakes.
With a DP, the 1200 pound engine will be the only effect on rear axle ride height, and as long as it stays in the coach, then the rear axle will not be going up and down. . .
I have a gas RV, and it is possible for it to go down.
I would not worry with the 6" drop receiver. And your hitch is much stronger than mine, and attached to real steel, not a flimsy factory installed frame extension. .. .
Fred.
