Skid wheels
We just picked up our first travel trailer and were a bit concerned about getting it in our driveway. Our driveway it pretty steep, narrow (<9' wide and cut into a hill), and we need to turn off of a...
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Another vote for flipping the axles.
You want to avoid hitting at all.
Adding wheels at the back:
- Eats up the clearance you are already short on.
- Puts odd stress on the trailer frame.
- Definetly need to be rated for a lot of weight. If loaded wieght of the trailer is 6000lbs, you probably need more like 1500# per wheel capacity.
- If the rubber tires lose all their weight, it actually puts a lot of weight on the truck hitch. You could easily be putting 2-3000lbs on the hitch.
You want to avoid hitting at all.
Adding wheels at the back:
- Eats up the clearance you are already short on.
- Puts odd stress on the trailer frame.
- Definetly need to be rated for a lot of weight. If loaded wieght of the trailer is 6000lbs, you probably need more like 1500# per wheel capacity.
- If the rubber tires lose all their weight, it actually puts a lot of weight on the truck hitch. You could easily be putting 2-3000lbs on the hitch.
