Trailer Width - Pros and Cons
I'm shopping for a travel trailer that I can tow with the Toyota Highlander which just has standard side mirrors. I'm seeing widths from 90 inches to 102 inches. I'm concerned if I go too wide I'll ...
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For towing safely, I always make sure I can see straight down the trailer sides. So that means mirror extensions for me. The slip over ones are great if you can find them for your model. They are usually expensive IMHO.
For my recent TT purchase, I bought the only extension mirrors I could find quickly for my Explorer after I measured and found the outer edge of my mirrors was the same width as the new trailer would be.They did not work well because they were designed to strap on fully rectangular mirrors and my mirror bottoms have an angle to them. I could use the driver's side but the right side would not adjust right. And the vibration was bad. Got the new trailer home. I bought those mirrors from Walmart's auto section. Thought I would take a heat gun to the bracket and form it to my mirror housing shape. THEN I found these suction cup mount ones in walmart's RV aisle, sold on eBay from the U.K. tested at over 100mph to hold. Returned the original extensions. There is a twist knob to increase the holding auction. Now I can use my power mirror function to adjust the new extensions.
For my recent TT purchase, I bought the only extension mirrors I could find quickly for my Explorer after I measured and found the outer edge of my mirrors was the same width as the new trailer would be.They did not work well because they were designed to strap on fully rectangular mirrors and my mirror bottoms have an angle to them. I could use the driver's side but the right side would not adjust right. And the vibration was bad. Got the new trailer home. I bought those mirrors from Walmart's auto section. Thought I would take a heat gun to the bracket and form it to my mirror housing shape. THEN I found these suction cup mount ones in walmart's RV aisle, sold on eBay from the U.K. tested at over 100mph to hold. Returned the original extensions. There is a twist knob to increase the holding auction. Now I can use my power mirror function to adjust the new extensions.
