Using drop hitches
Couldn't find an exact answer searching so here goes... I'm wanting to dolly our FWD car behind our Winnebago motorhome. The dolly will require a 10" drop hitch. Winnebago warns no more than 4" drop. ...
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Hank MI wrote:Jim@HiTek wrote:
...If the dolly were mine, I'd have a welder make it a gooseneck so I could maintain Winnie's recommendation of no more than a 4" drop. Then I'd use electric brakes...
Seems to me a gooseneck trailer would put the same stresses on the hitch as a drop receiver. Not sure but in the end you have basically the same thing either way.
You might be right, I'm no expert, just speculating on why Winnie would recommend against a 10" drop hitch and against surge brakes.
I think in an emergency stop, the gooseneck mod would make a difference in how expensive it would be to repair afterwards. Especially if you have a dreaded rear end collision. Surge brakes wouldn't help there.
It's interesting to speculate, but in the end, the OP will do what he thinks is best in his situation.
