WISDOM OF A HITCH EXTENSTION
We just finished our first trip in our 19 foot Airstream Flying Cloud. All went well except for one unanticipated issue. Having access to the truck bed for additional storage was important. But, the t...
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Dragonfly - the horizontal pulling capacity that the truck has is of little to no consequence with respect to the wisdom of ahitch extension. It is the vertical load that the tongue of the trailer imparts to the drawbar of the hitch that is the problem.
By extending the point through which this dynamic vertical load acts further away, you are increasing the level arm and hence causing more twist on the hitch and and truck structure. How much depends on many things. Unless proper calculations are performed this idea is not a good one.
By extending the point through which this dynamic vertical load acts further away, you are increasing the level arm and hence causing more twist on the hitch and and truck structure. How much depends on many things. Unless proper calculations are performed this idea is not a good one.
