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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / March 2005Question for trailer gurus
I bought a new trailer a few days ago. Got it home. Put the crank up wheel on it. Loaded my two ATVs. One is 500#, and the other is about 650#. The trailer weighs 500#. The trailer has one axle rated at 3,000#. I took a scale and measured the tongue weight. It read 185#. The coupler said maximum tongue weight 300#. 2" ball into a class C receiver hitch. (the kind with the two inch square receiver mounted on a mongo frame, and then to the Motorhome frame. If you are experienced with trailers, please make your comments on these figures. I figure I am well within limits, even with the slightly cheesy looking 3" channel tongue. Which, by the way, if it gives me any trouble will be replaced with a .120" wall thickness member. We will be going Friday to an area west of Tonopah, Nevada, for some ATV riding, and researching B-25 crash sites from WW2. I guess I will get a good idea on that trip. Just wanted to bounce the numbers off someone who might know. Supposed to snow in that area Saturday............ sigh ......... Steve > I bought a new trailer a few days ago. Got it home. Put the crank up wheel > on it. Loaded my two ATVs. One is 500#, and the other is about 650#. The [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > (the kind with the two inch square receiver mounted on a mongo frame, and > then to the Motorhome frame. The guideline is hitch height should be roughly 10% of total weight.  Signature-------------------------------------------------------- Personal e-mail is the n7bsn but at amsat.org This posting address is a spam-trap and seldom read RV and Camping FAQ can be found at http://www.ralphandellen.us/rv >> I bought a new trailer a few days ago. Got it home. Put the crank up wheel >> on it. Loaded my two ATVs. One is 500#, and the other is about 650#. The [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> > The guideline is hitch height should be roughly 10% of total weight. Huh??? So if I have 500 lbs hitch weight, it has to be 50 inches? feet? high??? ;^) >> The guideline is hitch height should be roughly 10% of total >> weight. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > So if I have 500 lbs hitch weight, it has to be 50 inches? feet? > high??? He can't blame that on thick fingers either, because the "w" is no where near the "h"!! ;-) Tom J > >> The guideline is hitch height should be roughly 10% of total > >> weight. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > He can't blame that on thick fingers either, because the "w" is no > where near the "h"!! ;-) Just "think" brained SignaturePersonal email n7bsn@amsat.org (@callsign.net's a SPAM trap) I see where "SteveB" <desertNOSPAMtraveler@cox.net> contributed: >I bought a new trailer a few days ago. Got it home. Put the crank up wheel >on it. Loaded my two ATVs. One is 500#, and the other is about 650#. The >trailer weighs 500#. The trailer has one axle rated at 3,000#. > >I took a scale and measured the tongue weight. It read 185#. Assuming your weight figures are OK, 11% of the total on the coupler should be just fine. Call Oz for inflation recommendation, or inflate per chart - your choice. 8-) Will Sill > Assuming your weight figures are OK, 11% of the total on the coupler > should be just fine. > > Call Oz for inflation recommendation, or inflate per chart - your > choice. Will, glad to see you getting back up to speed!! Hope your complete recovery goes well. Tom J > Call Oz for inflation recommendation, or inflate per chart - your > choice. > > 8-) > > Will Sill We are leaving Friday morning at 6 AM. I just don't have the three weeks it would take to get a definitive answer from the Oz. ;-) Steve >I bought a new trailer a few days ago. Got it home. Put the crank up wheel >on it. Loaded my two ATVs. One is 500#, and the other is about 650#. The [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >Steve You should have no problems at all. You are well under the maximum load and have over 10% tongue weight. Only watch outs are that it sits fairly level, oh and the tires have the correct amount of air in them :) Take care and Happy Campin/ATV'in/explorin... RichA "We Get Too Soon Olde and Too Late Smart" |
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