I'm gonna run new cable to converter.. rear of rig!

Pauljdav wrote:
Why not move the converter closer to the batteries instead?

either way, Ill have to string 30+ feet of A/C line...

I'd rather take advantage of the bumper upgrade i was gonna do anyway... then I have 6ft of cable... MAX. more like 4 or 5

Why not move the converter closer to the batteries instead?

Generalizations, phooey. OP, find out for yourself. Niner I got the same goble de gook about my MH. Again, it handles just fine.

Make no mistake about it, a travel trailer has far more issues with weight distribution than a 5th wheel or a motor home. That ball and hitch act constantly like a pivot point on the back end of the tow vehicle. Proper loading and hitch weight are far more critical with a travel trailer than the 5th wheel or motorhome or class C. The last thing you want is a lot of weight on the back end of a travel trailer, it provides much more moment of arm leverage against the opposite side of the wheels, at the trailer hitch.

I have seen many travel trailers and fifth wheel trailers with the smaller 4,000 watt Onan generators mounted on the rear bumper.

mena661 wrote:

jhilley wrote:
Sounds like a real good solution.

There are MANY others here on the forum that have mounted battery boxes on their rear bumpers. Your TT is probably 34 ft long including the tongue. I doubt it will affect your handling. But like someone else mentioned, check the TT section. I will say that according to some in the MH section, my MH handles like******because of its shorter wheelbase. Reality is FAAAAAR from that though so take what's said with a grain of salt (my MH handles fantastic).

With our 5er, a rear kitchen model so the galley grey water tank is at the rear, if I leave that full I can feel it when towing. Don't like that feel, so I try to have it empty when towing. Don't know if that would be different with a TT than a 5er for handling.

AFAIK the farther back the weight is from the axle pivot point the worse it would be.

one thing that is really noticeable from my last rig, is that my axles are spread farther apart.. wow... handles so much better.

jhilley wrote:
Sounds like a real good solution.

There are MANY others here on the forum that have mounted battery boxes on their rear bumpers. Your TT is probably 34 ft long including the tongue. I doubt it will affect your handling. But like someone else mentioned, check the TT section. I will say that according to some in the MH section, my MH handles like******because of its shorter wheelbase. Reality is FAAAAAR from that though so take what's said with a grain of salt (my MH handles fantastic).

As mentioned, there will be tongue weight adjustments to make, and having weight that far back will affect towing "feel." I don't know if that would make a safety concern. Could get info on that from the TT forum.

bigcitypopo wrote:
Sooo, after walking thru my buddies blacksmith shop.... I think I'm going to have a new rear bumper installed. I'm going to mount a torklift box to it, put my batteries in there, and wire the rig that way...

I move the weight to the rear... Can run all four batteries... Short runs of cable... The only length of any cable will be the solar. Down through fridge vent. Thru subfloor to underbelly, then to the batteries.

You will not see any cabling in my rig... No way Jose.... Lol

Any thoughts..

Yeah, don't disturb your tongue weight by doing this. and the back of the rig gets the most amount of shaking, abuse, and bounding around, going down 101, or the i5 or whatever messed up truck laned freeway or interstate you drive on here in so Cal. You only get to trailer in the far right 2 lanes, the ones all the big rigs have destroyed by trailering overweight vehicles in them, destroying the road bed.

I think it's a bad idea, IMHO. Last thing you want is the tail wagging the dog on a travel trailer. Improper loading, dangerous to you and others on the roads.