Friends bought this 20 footer, V nose Vibe. With a full sized pickup they are scared towing it as it sways and whips…unless they first fill the black tank, which is in the front where the bathroom is.This isn’t the first time I have run into this with my trailer repair business.When dry a 5 year old boy can lift the hitch!! There is only about 7 pounds of weight on it.My proposal to fix it is to move the axel back about 2 feet.How do they get away with building like this.

Changing the location of axle by 10% of the length sounds pretty drastic. But that is based on no information about real gross weight and TW. How much nose high is trailer when in tow?

They plan on people knowing enough to use the front end of the trailer to store clothes and equipment so the 10 tp 15 percent tongue weight is achieved. Maybe these folks have the back loaded up causing a light tongue. Maybe they need to explore sway control too once the tongue weight is sorted out.

Add a bike hitch over the battery and add a 2nd battery.

ivbinconned wrote:How do they get away with building like this.Because people keep buying the same old garbage.Are they even using any kind of hitch with sway control?But most likely, they need to add tongue weight.Ken

Yes they have the sway control set up. And because it has the “V” nose there is no room on the hitch to add anything. Because the fender and wheels are outside of the wall I think we will just move the axel back. FR most think people are going to pull this junk with a Honda Civic.

Is ForestRiver nuts or what? (Single axel Vibe)

ivbinconned
Explorer II
Aug 07, 2023
Yes they have the sway control set up.
And because it has the “V” nose there is no room on the hitch to add anything.
Because the fender and wheels are outside of the wall I think we will just move the axel back.
FR most think people are going to pull this junk with a Honda Civic.
TXiceman
Explorer II
Aug 07, 2023
ivbinconned wrote:

How do they get away with building like this.

Because people keep buying the same old garbage.

Are they even using any kind of hitch with sway control?

But most likely, they need to add tongue weight.

Ken
WNYBob
Explorer
Aug 07, 2023
Add a bike hitch over the battery and add a 2nd battery.
QCMan
Nomad III
Aug 07, 2023
They plan on people knowing enough to use the front end of the trailer to store clothes and equipment so the 10 tp 15 percent tongue weight is achieved. Maybe these folks have the back loaded up causing a light tongue. Maybe they need to explore sway control too once the tongue weight is sorted out.
JRscooby
Explorer II
Aug 07, 2023
Changing the location of axle by 10% of the length sounds pretty drastic. But that is based on no information about real gross weight and TW. How much nose high is trailer when in tow?

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