Would you tow this trailer home?
We're looking to buy a 2015 Jayco X213 and would be picking it up 6 hours away. To get it home, we'd need to use our MDX. There will be a more capable tow vehicle added to the family, but it's not ava...
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SilverEscape wrote:We Cant Wait wrote:
Go by the actual weight when the unit left the factory, there should be a Yellow sticker possibly on the left front side. This will be the actual weigh from a scale when the unit left the factory. The to be safe figure 10% of that as tongue weight. I would probable really consider a weight distribution hitch.
Yup, that's 4300 pounds.
My vehicle manual doesn't recommend a WDH. It says "A weight distributing hitch is not recommended for use with your vehicle, as an improperly adjusted weight distributing hitch may reduce handling, stability, and braking performance."
Also I read elsewhere on the forum that a WDH won't help me anyway as I can still only do a 500# tongue weight on a class III? That the different tongue weights with WDH are only with class IV and V?
There is something drastically wrong with an owners manual that tells you to tow without a WDH.
Just think about it, you are adding 400#s + to the rear of the vehicle, what effect do you think that is going to have on your streering geometry.
Just go for a drive down any highway and look at the guys that are running nose high, they are the ones that don't have a WDH or don't have it adjusted properly.
Towing a camper is not a game of chance, you load it up, you scale it, you adjust the cargo, and you scale it again and again until you get it balanced.
Like I said on another thread, if your going to tow without consideration for a proper set up, let me know were and when you will be towing, so I came be sure to stay off the road that day.
