How to measure travel trailer wheelbase?

[bren5666]

OK, here's my first silly question. My new Starcraft TT shows that it has a 204" wheelbase, but how is the wheelbase measured?

[Matt_Colie]

As I recall (this was a lot of years ago) a bumper or 5er will be measured from the center of the hitch to the center of the load wheels. So on a tandem axle, that would be the center of the tandem set. A triple would be measured to the center of the set also, there just may happen to be a spindle there.

Matt

[enblethen]

Some are measured from the center of the ball to the front axle center line.

[bren5666]

The overall length is 26'7". I'm wondering if they're not measuring from the tongue to the rear axle. I haven't picked the trailer up yet or I'd just measure myself.

[downtheroad]

It's all over the place...brochure lengths could be either...

• length of the box only
• length including the hitch and rear bumper
• or??

[frankdamp]

The true definition of "wheelbase" is the distance between the center-lines of the front and rear axles. I've never seen a TT with axles 17 feet apart. Maybe the literature you're reading the data from is using the wrong word to describe some other dimension.

[popupcamping]

My guess would be from Ball to centerline of wheels or center of axles.

I would get a measuring tape out and just measure what is 204" personally.

kind of an unnecessary number IMO