Towing question
I know this should be in the dingy section but there doesn't seem to be as much activity there as here, so if the moderators would be so kind as to let it stay here in the class C section I would appr...
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fortytwo wrote:
Good thing your hitch is close to level. Winnebago recommends against using drop hitches on the View. The frame extensions on the older View's were very light gauge material and subject to bending. I had to install braces on mine - available from the Sprinter Store in Portland, OR should you need them.
On the new Winnebago View they recommend no more than a 4" drop hitch. I wonder why they have their receivers so high. It is pretty hard to have a toad that hitches up that high. If I didn't have the XV Crosstrek that sits high off the ground I would have some problems. The frames on the new Winnebago looks to be very sturdy channel pieces that they used to extend the frame. They probably did this as I believe they made the coaches longer now also so need to have some good support.
I know that they do one thing that I don't like on them, they set the hitch so far into the back of the unit and then have body panels all around the hitch that it makes it very hard to put in the hitch pin especially when you are using a locking pin. Then try to get the safety chains in there also you almost feel like you need to grease it up so it can slip in there it is so tight. With a guy like me with big hands when I picked up the car today and had to install the tow bar on the MH. The tech that installed the base plate had to end up putting the lock pin in the tow bar as his hands were smaller than mine.
