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Colorado71
Explorer
Oct 21, 2013

Carrying a dirt bike on the hitch of bumer pull TT?

I want to get a hitch installed on the rear of my TT so I can carry a dirt bike. The bike is 220lb, probably closer to 240 wet. The travel trailer is a Nash 19B (has a heavy duty off road frame an...
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BarneyS
Explorer III
Oct 23, 2013
camperdave wrote:
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Ditch the weight distribution?

That would help with the overloaded front axle of the truck BUT it could add additional problems that are even worse. It could overload the rear axle and/or the receiver of the truck. It would not change the tongue weight at all so all the weight of the tongue would be carried by the receiver and truck rear axle plus the weight leveraged off of the trucks front axle. Not a good situation.
Barney

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