dedmiston wrote:
Roy - Do you travel with a full fuel station? This wouldn't help much, but what about traveling with fuel jugs in the bed instead of filling the fuel station? Or what about filling up the fuel when you're closer to your destination?
I can't tell from your post what your hauler is? (I don't recognize the model number.) You talk about your pin instead of your tongue, so I assume it's a fifth wheel. How long is your fiver and what's the configuration? Do you have a dedicated garage or open floor? And how many axles?
If you have an open floor, can you move your bike forward at all? (You said bike, right?) How heavy is the bike? Would it make any difference if you loaded it in backwards?
Can you load a heavy cooler and load it towards the front?
My fuel station was full. Approx 30 gallons. My TH is
Momentum 320GIt has double axles, 36.5' and 11' garage. I've weighed it dry and with the Harley (900lbs) and 3/4 tank of fresh water and it came in approx 1500 heavier than without it. I have a post below about the weights.
I understand what's going on, I just am not sure how to fix it.
For instance, 1500 lb in the garage, removes 500 lbs from the pin and total trailer axles go up 2,000 lbs. If I put 500 lbs of ballast back onto the pin, would my trailer axles only increase by the 1500lbs I put in the garage, or would the 500lb extra ballast on the pin negatively affect the trailer axles as well?
Most of the weight/chairs are under the front bed or front pass-thru, which is about as far forward as I can go. I just have a 2nd spare and my portable grill in the garage, which I can't see equating to much over 100 lbs. I am working on putting them in the front storage though.