New to me 2006 Fleetwood Wilderness
I just purchased a new to me 2006 Fleetwood Wilderness 300FQS Extreme Edition! :B I will pick it up on Tuesday from the dealer. Overall the unit is in great shape. I was able to negotiate the...
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Just an update - One setback, and a nice addition!
My trailer wasn't ready for pickup today :( dealer wanted more time to go through the trailer before pickup, so I have to wait a few more days.
On the brighter side, I bought a Suzuki DRZ400S Dual Sport motorcycle in great shape with very low miles for the year!
I think this will be a great asset to have on the back of the travel trailer! No need to break down the whole rig or take the whole rig for a small trip away from my RV when I am out on the road.
My neighbor is a great welder and fabricator and has quite a bit of experience modifying trailers, and he offered to help me build a receiver/rack/ramp to strongly mount the Suzuki on the back of my Wilderness.
So once I pick up the trailer we will be getting together at some point soon to start drawing up plans. I know I want a solid receiver with a standard hitch mount, but I don't intend to hold a whole lot of weight on the rack. The bike will probably weigh about 350-375lbs once I have it all set up and fueled up. It would be nice to also carry my Specialized mountain bike on the rack as well.
So I would like to have something built that can hold about 750lbs. I doubt I'll load it up that much very often at all. I know it will have to be counterweighted in the front at least a bit to counteract the weight so far rearward, but I have plenty of wiggle room with GVWR/GCWR on my TV/TT and several ideas to accomodate this.
I have a few pages bookmarked where others have done this, but any advice/links you guys could provide also would be awesome! Especially anything to do with good things/bad things when it comes to welding to the frame of the trailer.
My trailer wasn't ready for pickup today :( dealer wanted more time to go through the trailer before pickup, so I have to wait a few more days.
On the brighter side, I bought a Suzuki DRZ400S Dual Sport motorcycle in great shape with very low miles for the year!
I think this will be a great asset to have on the back of the travel trailer! No need to break down the whole rig or take the whole rig for a small trip away from my RV when I am out on the road.
My neighbor is a great welder and fabricator and has quite a bit of experience modifying trailers, and he offered to help me build a receiver/rack/ramp to strongly mount the Suzuki on the back of my Wilderness.
So once I pick up the trailer we will be getting together at some point soon to start drawing up plans. I know I want a solid receiver with a standard hitch mount, but I don't intend to hold a whole lot of weight on the rack. The bike will probably weigh about 350-375lbs once I have it all set up and fueled up. It would be nice to also carry my Specialized mountain bike on the rack as well.
So I would like to have something built that can hold about 750lbs. I doubt I'll load it up that much very often at all. I know it will have to be counterweighted in the front at least a bit to counteract the weight so far rearward, but I have plenty of wiggle room with GVWR/GCWR on my TV/TT and several ideas to accomodate this.
I have a few pages bookmarked where others have done this, but any advice/links you guys could provide also would be awesome! Especially anything to do with good things/bad things when it comes to welding to the frame of the trailer.
