Possible frame rail, hitch receiver issue..
..Was under the Motorhome a few weeks ago, looking at some things, and noticed at the back, where the hitch receiver bolts to the frame, that the frame rails seem to have bent, twisted slightly. I kn...
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hostage wrote:
...I see the OP says he towed a Van with a tow dolly? its quit likely hitting a dip in the road where the tow dolly/van weight exceeded the 500lb rating ;;the tow dolly solid front tow arm could act like a leverage bar
No, I am very 'anal' about weights. Back when we first started and were going to use a dolly, I looked long and hard at dollies and the van's weight at the time, and made sure the one I bought, its weight plus the van weight still did not get close to 5,000 lbs. I used one of the lightest dollies built (ACME) for that reason (weighed less than 400 lbs IIRC). It was only one I could find that its weight + the vans weight was still under the 5k limit.
Also, we only towed that way with the dolly, for one trip, about 400 miles total. Sold the dolly after that, and went to 4 down.
Of anything I might have done that contributed to this...That one trip with the dolly was not it.
Will
