Truck camper and towing
Good morning, I have a 2012 ram 3500 mega cab srw. I am looking at either a northern lite 8.11 or an arctic fox 865 both units 2023. I’m looking for advice on tow setups. Manufacturers don’t seem to...
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What’s also hard to get thru to “professional” RVers and weekend warriors alike is the whole tongue weight thing.
Just because one type of trailer may need more tongue weight to tow straight doesn’t mean that’s a necessity for other types of trailers. But thanks for playing….
Axle placement, weight behind the axle centerline and distance back from axles, competency of tow rig tires and suspension, wind resistance, type of hitch (ball or pintle), etc all play into how a trailer pulls.
And specifically many smaller boats pleasure boats have the axles placed much further rearward than say a typical travel trailer or enclosed trailer that would either be far too tongue heavy, or an utility or cargo trailer that may be designed to haul different loads with diffenrt weight concentrations or centers of mass.
Hopefully the “new folks” find this info useful or helpful, even if the crusty armchair geezernet QBs can’t help themselves from refuting literally almost everything….
Cheers!
Just because one type of trailer may need more tongue weight to tow straight doesn’t mean that’s a necessity for other types of trailers. But thanks for playing….
Axle placement, weight behind the axle centerline and distance back from axles, competency of tow rig tires and suspension, wind resistance, type of hitch (ball or pintle), etc all play into how a trailer pulls.
And specifically many smaller boats pleasure boats have the axles placed much further rearward than say a typical travel trailer or enclosed trailer that would either be far too tongue heavy, or an utility or cargo trailer that may be designed to haul different loads with diffenrt weight concentrations or centers of mass.
Hopefully the “new folks” find this info useful or helpful, even if the crusty armchair geezernet QBs can’t help themselves from refuting literally almost everything….
Cheers!
