โAug-05-2013 09:10 AM
โAug-05-2013 02:53 PM
08trdoffroad wrote:
I have an email into the manufacturer detailing what I wish to do, we'll see what they have to say.
08trdoffroad wrote:
We shall see...
โAug-05-2013 01:42 PM
โAug-05-2013 01:40 PM
โAug-05-2013 01:31 PM
โAug-05-2013 12:51 PM
Campfire Time wrote:
People have put bike racks on the light weight travel trailers, ignoring the trailer manufacturers recommendation NOT to put anything on the back of the frame or bumper, only to have it end in disaster because the frame was not able to hold up to the few extra lbs of the bikes and rack. I personally know someone who had a receiver welded to his trailer frame for a bike rack. They got lucky and a passing motorist warned him of the impending danger.
This is physics and engineering. The frame is designed to hold 3500#, yes. But on a platform mounted to the top of the frame. Not by dragging that weight bouncing down the road behind itself. The trailer frame is just simply not designed for those kind of stresses.
โAug-05-2013 12:49 PM
n7bsn wrote:08trdoffroad wrote:
The frame handles the 3500 lbs of weight of the trailer, why would it not be able to handle the added few pounds of the boat. It's not like I want to slap on a 3500 lb boat...
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Utah allows ball to ball towing as long as the combination of vehicles does not exceed 72 ft, and the lights on the rear-most trailer must function...
Do you understand physics? Do you know what lever-arm means? How a pendulum exerts force on the pivot point?
The frame on my 5er is 10 inch beams, and it's rated for a 1,000 lb trailer. Your frame is, what? 5 inch? Take a guess on the relative strength of the two frames.
Don't both trailers have to have working brakes also?
โAug-05-2013 12:27 PM
โAug-05-2013 11:36 AM
โAug-05-2013 11:30 AM
08trdoffroad wrote:
The frame handles the 3500 lbs of weight of the trailer, why would it not be able to handle the added few pounds of the boat. It's not like I want to slap on a 3500 lb boat...
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Utah allows ball to ball towing as long as the combination of vehicles does not exceed 72 ft, and the lights on the rear-most trailer must function...
โAug-05-2013 11:27 AM
โAug-05-2013 11:26 AM
Cotay wrote:
I've read that no States allow "two balling" or "double balls", but I've never personally checked the law in every State. In California you can tow a bal trailer behind a 5th Wheel but not behind a Travel Trailer or other ball trailer. On our most recent camping trip we rented an F-150 to tow our boat and my wife drove the HTT behind our Expedition.
โAug-05-2013 11:14 AM
โAug-05-2013 11:01 AM
โAug-05-2013 10:09 AM
08trdoffroad wrote:
Or am I out in the night with the idea of trying to tow double with this trailer?
โAug-05-2013 09:35 AM