Where to put generator in 21' travel trailer

bpounds wrote:

Fisherman wrote:
Maybe some of you naysayers should go see your local high school physics teacher and have him explain what happens when you add weight, not at the pivot point which would be the trailer axle but more likely 7-8 feet behind the pivot point. If it's a 50lb genny, at the axle it would exert 50 lbs, at distance of 7 feet it would exert about 350 lbs, be it down due to gravity or add that amount to sway, something not desirable.

You might want to see your physics instructor and ask for your money back.

A typical travel trailer (TTT) has about 15% weight on the tongue. 50# added at the bumper would remove about 42.5# from the tongue. That might screw up the handling of some TTT, but that would be rare. A 21' TTT weighs around 6k# GVWR, so you can expect tongue weights in the 900# range. And that's before we complicate the calculations with a WDH.

And all that is before we even consider the empirical data of about 10,000 people out there who have done this exact thing. Hell, my trailer even has a roll-out tray at the rear for cargo. I think it has a 200# rating IIRC.

......AND those that give NO thought to loading their rigs then tossing in a weekends worth of firewood, chairs,and who knows what else to the bed of their pickups then driving off to who knows where. Ever consider that when you have 4 passengers in your car and a load of groceries or beach gear .skis on the rack up top a full tank of fuel and your mother-in-law in the front seat that you may be overweight? ohhh....that's right, cars magically figure all of that out for you and keep the vehicle straight on the road. (chuckle.grin roll eyes)

We are talking about 50 pounds...not 500. Imagine if he wanted to add a spare tire to the rear bumper....ohhh the humanity!!