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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / July 2005Question about a Hitch Drop
hello. this is my first year with a pop up and i have yet to take my camper anywhere. I'm just working on getting my truck ready and i seem to have hit a small problem. i had a hitch assembly installed on my truck (which rides a little high due to the offroad package and large tires). my Hitch Ball mount is about a 3 and 3/4" drop and has a 1 and 1/4" reciever. ( I believe that this is referred to to as a Class II) here' is my small problem. I need my drop to be a little lower.. maybe a 6" drop? i've been looking around a bit and i can't seem to find any lower drops for my class II type of hitgh mount. they do have much larger drops but they are all for the 2" recievers... does anyone have any ideas for me? this is what i've come up with if i can't find a 6 inch drop. 1) someone told me i can have a custom one made. 2) i've seen adaptors that adapt a 1 and 1/4" receivers to 2" receivers but those are only for carrying bike racks and not towing. so i guess option 1 is the only thing i can think of right now.. if someone here with more experiece can show me another way i'd appreciate it. or if you know a place where they sell the size of ball mount that i need.. I'd extremely appreciate that. thanks kam > hello. > [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > kam A truck with a class II hitch? That seems weird to me. Every truck I have seen in recent history has a class III Hitch. I guess google was broken http://www.etrailer.com/y-98.aspx >> hello. >> here' is my small problem. I need my drop to be a little lower.. maybe a [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > http://www.etrailer.com/y-98.aspx Here is a link that has an option for a Class two 6" drop. I must have missed in the link provided above. http://www.traileraccessorysuperstore.com/ballmounts.htm#BPC Jeff 05 F250 PSD 05 Savoy 29RKS Chandler, AZ > Here is a link that has an option for a Class two 6" drop. I must have > missed in the link provided above. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > 05 Savoy 29RKS > Chandler, AZ thank you :) > A truck with a class II hitch? That seems weird to me. Every truck I > have [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > http://www.etrailer.com/y-98.aspx yea it was hanging around my mechanics house and it fit the truck.. so instead of spending 100 bucks on a new thing we just put that one on. btw thank you very much.. Uhaul and another trailer store told me that i'm out of luck and nothing more than 3 and a quarter inch drop for class 2 is made.. but this one looks like what i need. http://www.etrailer.com/z-36065.aspx >hello. > [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > >kam How heavy is your pop-up? Little receivers like that would make me nervous with a trailer of some weight. Tom > How heavy is your pop-up? Little receivers like that would make me > nervous with a trailer of some weight. > > Tom its about 1500 lbs.. everything is really reinforced under the truck though. do you think it might be too much weight? >> How heavy is your pop-up? Little receivers like that would make me >> nervous with a trailer of some weight. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >do you think it might be too much weight? 11/4 inch receivers are either class I or class II hitch. The class I is rated at between 150 and 200 pounds of tongue weight, Class II is between 200-350 pound tongue weight. Your trailer, 1500 pounds, plus camping gear of at *least* 500 pounds, possibly more, brings trailer weight to 2000+ pounds. The recommended tongue weight (10-12% of the trailer) would then be 200-250 pounds. If your weights are as stated, and the hitch is truly a class II, and not a class I, you are probably OK. Don't guess at the trailer weight, or take the mfr. word for it. Go weigh it. Especially since you *might* be borderline. Tom > 11/4 inch receivers are either class I or class II hitch. The class I > is rated at between 150 and 200 pounds of tongue weight, Class II is > between 200-350 pound tongue weight. > Your trailer, 1500 pounds, plus camping gear of at *least* 500 pounds, > possibly more, brings trailer weight to 2000+ pounds. just one question.. i've heard this a lot.. that the camping gear brings trailer weight much higher. but.. i have a small pop up and i have no idea wear all this camping gear would go? i figure that all of my camping gear will go in my truck bed. That'll bring the weight of hte truck up but the weight of the trailer should stay fairy the same? the only thing in the trailer are the cabinets, sink, and the beds. when people talk about the camping gear bringing the weight of the trailer up.. are they talking about bigger popups which you have more room to store stuff before you close the pop up down? thanks > when people talk about the camping gear bringing the weight of the trailer > up.. are they talking about bigger popups which you have more room to store > stuff before you close the pop up down? I only have about 100 extra pounds stored in my pop-up. Everything else goes in the back of my pickup or behind the seats. > I only have about 100 extra pounds stored in my pop-up. > Everything else goes in the back of my pickup or behind > the seats. i think thats how mine will be >> I only have about 100 extra pounds stored in my pop-up. >> Everything else goes in the back of my pickup or behind >> the seats. > > i think thats how mine will be I am of the opposite mindset.....EVERYTHING possible stays in the popup that we use for camping. Only things to be added are food and clothes. This makes for quick getaways. I keep out 2 coolers, we load one with dry goods, one with cold food (if the fridge has not been pre-cooled), then slide them in the door. Rubbermaid tubs of clothes go in the back of the truck and we're gone. My .02 -- Gerry 99 Mesa 01 Sporttrac >> 11/4 inch receivers are either class I or class II hitch. The class I >> is rated at between 150 and 200 pounds of tongue weight, Class II is [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >thanks Battery on tongue, 50 pounds. Water @ 8.33 pounds per gallon. Example, 15gal water tank would equal 125 pounds. Food, canned goods, ice in the icebox weigh more than one would imagine. Propane bottle weighs 30-40 pounds. Both propane and battery on tongue need to be added to tongue weight also. Clothing, external jacks, etc. All that stuff adds up. Plus, most mfr tell you that the rig weighs less than it really does. Weigh it on the way out of town going camping. It's the only way to know for sure. Tom > Battery on tongue, 50 pounds. Water @ 8.33 pounds per gallon. Example, > 15gal water tank would equal 125 pounds. Food, canned goods, ice in [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Tom ooo i see, i never even thought about the propane tank. i really dont think i can fit anything inside my popup though. i allready have a hard enough time closing the clips on the corners without much being inside it. If you have problem closing it without anything in it, then you are probably doing something wrong...maybe the canvass is not positionned correctly. A pup up with nothing the the bed matress should close easily. by the way... what brand is your pop-up Mel kamyar a écrit: >>Battery on tongue, 50 pounds. Water @ 8.33 pounds per gallon. Example, >>15gal water tank would equal 125 pounds. Food, canned goods, ice in [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > have a hard enough time closing the clips on the corners without much being > inside it. > If you have problem closing it without anything in it, then you are > probably doing something wrong...maybe the canvass is not positionned > correctly. A pup up with nothing the the bed matress should close easily. > by the way... what brand is your pop-up i have a 1993 coleman roanoke. i think that i must be doing something wrong with the canvass when i'm closing it. do you have any tips folding the pop up and closing it? thank you. kam When I fold in the bunks, I start with the front one. Once it is in, I get inside the trailer and pull the tenting back as far as possible. I have even used a broom to help push it back from the outside. Then I push in the rear bunk, and do the same thing, pull the fabric back as far as possible from the door. After this, I slowly lower the roof, if I have help, I get them to walk around the trailer and push in the tenting as far as possible. If by myself, I stop 3-4 times and do it myself. Once the roof is all the way down, clamp it and you are done. I leave a sleeping bag unfolded on both the front and rear bunks, but that is about it, nothing else stays on the the top of the bunks. HTH -- Gerry 99 Mesa 01 Sporttrac >> If you have problem closing it without anything in it, then you are >> probably doing something wrong...maybe the canvass is not positionned [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > kam > > How heavy is your pop-up? Little receivers like that would make me > > nervous with a trailer of some weight. > its about 1500 lbs.. > > everything is really reinforced under the truck though. > > do you think it might be too much weight? Nah. I had a Class II (1-1/4-inch) receiver on my 1992 Chevy Caprice wagon that hauled my HEAVY (~3k-lbs) Starcraft popup just fine. (Real world weight: I ran the camper over a scale, loaded for camping -en route, actually - at least once). I recall the hitch was stamped with a 3500-lb weight rating. :) JR
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