Adding a Hitch To The Trailer
Hey Guys newbie here, hope I found the right forum for my question. I've just put down a deposit on a 2018 Tracer 24DBS http://primetimerv.com/product-details.aspx?LineID=475&Image=24433&ModelI...
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Short answer NO way. 400 plus pounds plus you have to figure how much torque it's putting on it when it's X distance from the back of the rig.
I have a FW pulling a utility trailer. The FW is old school heavy 10" box tube frame. I used 1/4 inch wall 2x2 sq tubing about 6 feet long and all sorts of triangle corner plates and cross members and this is just to hold a tongue weight of 2xx pounds. The bumper itself is absolutely useless thin wall. I left my bumper on and gusseted the corners but about 8 inches in front of it I used a cross member right at the back edge of the FW wall.
I'm not an engineer so someone else can give you calculations but you also have to consider what effect putting 4xx pounds is doing that far back. I would think that it would be best if you could keep the weight sucked up close to the back of the TT so the torque is less and maybe put the other bike on the front of the truck? Could you put the bikes in the truck?
Look closely at the "I" beam frame because most of them are not I beam like the I beam we are used to seeing. Some a three pieces of metal welded together and people have posted on here about spring brackets and stuff being torn off when turning sharp.
I have a FW pulling a utility trailer. The FW is old school heavy 10" box tube frame. I used 1/4 inch wall 2x2 sq tubing about 6 feet long and all sorts of triangle corner plates and cross members and this is just to hold a tongue weight of 2xx pounds. The bumper itself is absolutely useless thin wall. I left my bumper on and gusseted the corners but about 8 inches in front of it I used a cross member right at the back edge of the FW wall.
I'm not an engineer so someone else can give you calculations but you also have to consider what effect putting 4xx pounds is doing that far back. I would think that it would be best if you could keep the weight sucked up close to the back of the TT so the torque is less and maybe put the other bike on the front of the truck? Could you put the bikes in the truck?
Look closely at the "I" beam frame because most of them are not I beam like the I beam we are used to seeing. Some a three pieces of metal welded together and people have posted on here about spring brackets and stuff being torn off when turning sharp.
