Towing with a 2000 Four Winds 21RB?
We're RV novices with lots of questions. The issue of the day is towing with our 21' Four Winds Class C on a Chevy chassis with a 350 c.i. engine. We'd like to flat tow a car, and my wife is sort of...
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Healeyman wrote:
Until a month ago, we RVed for 11 years in a 1999 22' Four Winds 5000 on a Chevy 1 ton chassis with the 350 CI Vortec V8.
My 4 Winds had a 5,000# hitch and many times, I pulled an enclosed trailer (2,000#) with a sports car (2,400#) inside from Dallas to both coasts.
I spent much of my career designing and building mobile military hardware/vehicles and experience suggests that your hitch probably has a designed-in 200% or 300% safety factor. For example, we'd regularly tow 25,000# aircraft with the 5,000# hitch on a HMMWV (=Hummer).
That said, because I was right up against my rated hitch capacity, I installed VERY heavy safety chains from the trailer frame to the RV frame. I never attach safety chains to the trailer tongue or to the RV hitch.
I'd upgrade the hitch and go have fun.
Tim
Isn't the internet great? I mean really, what are the odds of finding someone with the exact same motorhome and drivetrain who has done almost exactly what I'm trying to do? Just amazing, thanks for the info.
I did manage to get my hands on the sales brochure (someone at Thor e-mailed it to me). It lists a GCWR of 13,500 pounds. Just to be on the safe side I'm going to go weight the RV and see how much room is left in that weight number. But regardless it's awesome to know it's been done successfully!
