Questions about Cargo Trailers behind RV
About to go on an extended cross country road trip. It will be just me and the DW. We'll be driving our 1998 26' lazy daze class c. Rv runs well and only the usual trivial things that happen with rv's...
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The most important thing you can do is to ensure the hitch on your tow vehicle is sound, solid, secure, and weighted correctly for the trailer you are towing. Second, is to make sure your trailer is hitched correctly. Fix anything wrong with the coupler if it needs it. Your hitch and hitch assembly is probably THE most important element.
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I did a Google search of your CLASS C and looked at some images. There is a considerable length of distance from the rear axle of your camper to the hitch. Even the slightest of movement from the stearing wheel will make the rear move considerably. I've not had experience with your rig, but say, you turn the stearing wheel and the front bumper moves to the right 1 inch. Because of the length of the overhang on the rear, the rear bumper may move 6 inches left (just an exagerated example). Now correct your stearing by turning slightly left, front bumper moves 1 inch left, but the rear moves 6 inches right. That movement shifted the hitch 12 inches from side to side (exagerated I know... bear with me). Now ..... attach a trailer, extending even a few inchdes farther, and the pivot point on the hitch ball, moving back and forth is going to really be exagerated on the tongue of the utility trailer. Now, your trailer is a single axle, and it's short. You are setting yourself up for sway and lots of rocky side-to-side movement. I strongly advise a very secure sway bar at the bare minimum to help prevent the trailer from wiggling back and forth.
Edit:
I did a Google search of your CLASS C and looked at some images. There is a considerable length of distance from the rear axle of your camper to the hitch. Even the slightest of movement from the stearing wheel will make the rear move considerably. I've not had experience with your rig, but say, you turn the stearing wheel and the front bumper moves to the right 1 inch. Because of the length of the overhang on the rear, the rear bumper may move 6 inches left (just an exagerated example). Now correct your stearing by turning slightly left, front bumper moves 1 inch left, but the rear moves 6 inches right. That movement shifted the hitch 12 inches from side to side (exagerated I know... bear with me). Now ..... attach a trailer, extending even a few inchdes farther, and the pivot point on the hitch ball, moving back and forth is going to really be exagerated on the tongue of the utility trailer. Now, your trailer is a single axle, and it's short. You are setting yourself up for sway and lots of rocky side-to-side movement. I strongly advise a very secure sway bar at the bare minimum to help prevent the trailer from wiggling back and forth.
