Mobility Scooter Carrier
Continuation of Receiver Article: The Cargo Carrier and Ramp platform showed up and after unpacking and some minor assembly I ran into a problem. The Tube would not fit into the 2" receiver. The ...
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I think that you are all assuming that I am going to haul a 350 lb scooter on this carrier. Not so, the scooter weighs 85 lbs (Including the battery pack)
As I stated in an earlier post. my MAX situation is 228 lbs.
2" Receiver 16 lb, 72 lb carrier, 104 lb generator, 36 lb gas can including 4 gal gas..
Now I normally carry 20 gallon of water in my fresh water tank.
Running it dry equals 160 lbs from BEHIND the Axle.
Moving the microwave and adding my second tank of propane inside the trailer adds to the front (Ball Hitch Load)50-60 lbs?
It's almost a wash at that point, but I'm still going to weigh the tongue loaded and unloaded with the carrier to see what the difference is.
Remember that my receiver has THREE Mounting points. 2 on the frame and 1 on the bumper to carry the load.
I don't claim to be an engineer, but I think that I have it spread out across the frame /bumper combination pretty well.
Frank
As I stated in an earlier post. my MAX situation is 228 lbs.
2" Receiver 16 lb, 72 lb carrier, 104 lb generator, 36 lb gas can including 4 gal gas..
Now I normally carry 20 gallon of water in my fresh water tank.
Running it dry equals 160 lbs from BEHIND the Axle.
Moving the microwave and adding my second tank of propane inside the trailer adds to the front (Ball Hitch Load)50-60 lbs?
It's almost a wash at that point, but I'm still going to weigh the tongue loaded and unloaded with the carrier to see what the difference is.
Remember that my receiver has THREE Mounting points. 2 on the frame and 1 on the bumper to carry the load.
I don't claim to be an engineer, but I think that I have it spread out across the frame /bumper combination pretty well.
Frank
