We have a smallish TT and today I installed an Equalizer WD hitch. Because the tongue of our TT is quite a bit lower than the receiver I have the longer, lower shank that Equalizer suggested. Problem is that when that shank is installed ground clea...
Hi, I have a smallish TT, GVWR of 3,220lbs.I'm towing with a '99 Ford Expedition, it has a tow package.Assuming I load the TT to it's max weight, do I need a weight distributing hitch? Or will a normal ball hitch be OK?Thanks!
Hey everyone, recently bought a small Sun Valley Roadrunner 160 for a trip across America this summer. You guys have been really great helping me with figuring out a few things already and I have another question.We bought this TT used and it has a ...
Hi all, I recently bought a 2006 Sun Valley Roadrunner, it's a single-axle small TT.My question is... will the RV battery on my Roadrunner be charged and properly maintained by me simply plugging the TT into one of my normal household outlets?On my l...
Just bought a 2006 Sun Valley Roadrunner for a trip across America this summer.I have the trailer at home right now, and would like to plug it in to my house using a regular old extension cord. With my pop up and other TT I've just used an adapter a...
Well, I guess all's well that ends well. Took the rig out for one more mini-run, only 20 miles or so, after re-shuffling this and that in it and also in the TV. Returned to the original measurement parking lot for at least semi-accurate readings. ...
CarnationSailor wrote:10% to 15% tongue weight is a general guideline, NOT a minimum or maximum amount. The only true limitation on tongue weight is how much weight your hitch is rated to handle. As long as you are under the max for the hitch, receiv...
Well, now I'm truly at my wits end.I used the bathroom scale method to get a tongue weight for my TT. It's fully loaded and weighed at 3,220lbs. I checked the bathroom scale and it's within a lb of accurate.So my max tongue weight (15% of loaded we...
MackinawMan wrote:Huntindog wrote:It "CAN" be a problem. especially with a single axle TT.Think of the TT as a teeter totter....The problem with your teeter totter analogy is that his TT is not "tongue high" because of being overweight in the rear en...
Lynnmor wrote:My thought was that you might drag the hitch on the road where there was humps to go over. I can't see the clearance due to the shadow in the photo. If you were local, I could cut it off in minutes. Any machine shop could do if for y...
