Help me make an informed decision
Curious on what some of you think about if I can get away without using a hitch extension for towing my open deck car trailer behind a lance 825 I'm considering buying. The wife and I are trying to de...
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The real key is how long of tongue on the trailer and how tall the front of the trailer is (wrt to fitting under the camper in tight turns).
The upside to the 825 is there's no vertical overhang on the camper it appears. It's flat at bed level all the way back and that's huge for breakover angle when towing a trailer tight to the back of the camper.
My setup is similar but a bit worse. Camper is a few inches longer and truck bed is a few inches shorter.
I'm able to tow my boat with I'd say moderate tongue length and a utility trailer with a 12" hitch extension. And I can take pretty good angle approaches without the trailer frame getting into the unslderide of the camper. No way my snowmachine trialer would work without about 2' of extension though. BUT the caveat to the others is I can't jack knife the trailer more than idk 75deg or so without more hitch extension. Not quite a full lock turn in the truck before hey hit the jacks. I carry another extension of towing that I can slide in if I get in a tight spot.
You may not make the math work for just a slide in longer extension, but you have a beefier hitch than I and I've used a total of about 18" extension with similar trailer weight and tongue weight without issue on trips as long and rough as going to Alaska.
Don't skimp on the camper. IMO. Maybe you could mock it up when buying the camper. Worst case it's a little more extension than you like and you need a heavier hitch or a truss. Not the end of the world but you got a good shot at a foot or less of extension I think.
The upside to the 825 is there's no vertical overhang on the camper it appears. It's flat at bed level all the way back and that's huge for breakover angle when towing a trailer tight to the back of the camper.
My setup is similar but a bit worse. Camper is a few inches longer and truck bed is a few inches shorter.
I'm able to tow my boat with I'd say moderate tongue length and a utility trailer with a 12" hitch extension. And I can take pretty good angle approaches without the trailer frame getting into the unslderide of the camper. No way my snowmachine trialer would work without about 2' of extension though. BUT the caveat to the others is I can't jack knife the trailer more than idk 75deg or so without more hitch extension. Not quite a full lock turn in the truck before hey hit the jacks. I carry another extension of towing that I can slide in if I get in a tight spot.
You may not make the math work for just a slide in longer extension, but you have a beefier hitch than I and I've used a total of about 18" extension with similar trailer weight and tongue weight without issue on trips as long and rough as going to Alaska.
Don't skimp on the camper. IMO. Maybe you could mock it up when buying the camper. Worst case it's a little more extension than you like and you need a heavier hitch or a truss. Not the end of the world but you got a good shot at a foot or less of extension I think.
