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dennych1
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Feb 18, 2016

Single axle hybrid

Doing research for my daughters first camper. Never had much experience with single axle campers. Are there any worries except blowing a tires on a single axle. Is there less stability driving.
Thanks
Dennis
  • She has a explorer 6cyl tow package looking at passport not sure if single axle or double model
  • dennych1 wrote:
    Doing research for my daughters first camper. Never had much experience with single axle campers. Are there any worries except blowing a tires on a single axle. Is there less stability driving.
    Thanks
    Dennis


    tandem axle trailers are much more stable than a single axle.
    and the blowout thing is true.

    i'm assuming your daughter has a weaker tow vehicle, that locks her into the 3500lbs. GVWR group.
    if so, PLEASE look closely at the CCC amounts for that group of trailers. almost all have VERY low cargo capacities.
  • I have a sixteen foot Kodiak. On the way to Florida two weeks ago, I had two flats, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. My camper is single axle. I was driving 55mph when each one happened. The trailer wasn't hard to handle either time. The trick is to never use cruise control when towing a camper.
  • Hopefully, the single axle HTT owners will chime in. One sale argument for dual axle is exactly taht, in a blow out, the trailer is harder to control. However, in Europe, all travel trailers are single axle, they don't seem to sway any worse, because that does not depend on the number of axles. It also depends what you have as a towing vehicle, the heavier and longer, the better. I would want to make sure to have good quality trailer tires.