TT Tipup Risk
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โJun-25-2018 07:29 AM
When unhitched and without the stabilizer jacks down: how much weight is required behind the rear axle to lift the tounge? When I had a popup this was a valid concern... it was quite easy to accidently lift the front of the camper with weight applied behind the rear axle. Is this not an issue with tandem axle trailers?
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โJun-26-2018 07:49 AM
With a TT most of the weight is often in the front storage, there are tandem axels and the axels are set back towards the rear of the TT. As stated I have never heard of a TT tipping up.
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โJun-26-2018 06:47 AM
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โJun-26-2018 05:00 AM
boosTT wrote:
My TT is about 4500 Lbs, 22' and tandem axle.
When unhitched and without the stabilizer jacks down: how much weight is required behind the rear axle to lift the tounge? When I had a popup this was a valid concern... it was quite easy to accidently lift the front of the camper with weight applied behind the rear axle. Is this not an issue with tandem axle trailers?
My WAG would probably be somewhere in the neighborhood of 1,000lbs give or take and with that being within 1 foot of the end of the trailer. I would bet about 60-75% (closer to 75% or even a tad more) of the total trailer's weight is forward of the rear axle and to get the trailer to rotate back on that axle is going to take more weight than you would ever be able to get far enough back in the trailer.
Another guess might be to take your actual tongue wt and multiply that by the distance from the rear axle to the ball divided by the distance from the rear axle to where you can add all the weight and that should just negate the tongue wt lever.
Larry
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โJun-26-2018 04:32 AM
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โJun-25-2018 09:20 PM
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โJun-25-2018 05:23 PM
I've never heard of an issue with a regular travel trailer.
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โJun-25-2018 01:31 PM
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โJun-25-2018 07:39 AM
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