Does the weight distributing hitch count at all for weight rating of the hitch? I want to tow a 28 ft Haulmark enclosed car hauler trailer with a 2300lb race car in it.
Dogbone wrote: Does the weight distributing hitch count at all for weight rating of the hitch? I want to tow a 28 ft Haulmark enclosed car hauler trailer with a 2300lb race car in it.
It might or might not, depending on what the "weak link" is.
Again, your coach AND chassis maker are who to call.
Dogbone wrote: I would like to upgrade my 3500 trailer hitch on my 2006 Holiday Rambler Vacationer Class A motorhome to a 6000 or 8000lb trailer hitch.
Has anyone upgraded theirs and where did you go to get the hitch?
Actually, according to HR, Your hitch is rated at 4000 Lb
mnsprk wrote: I would be extra careful about modifying the frame. You end up in a crash and it comes out your overloaded your insurance will walk and your on your own.
Will we EVER be able to put this myth in the grave?
If anybody can cite a true reference to this actually happening, PLEASE tell us about it now.
We have had people from all levels of insurance companies; from sales persons, adjusters, investigators, etc. and on up on here telling us this will not, and, in fact, CAN not happen, yet the myth persists.
mnsprk wrote: I would be extra careful about modifying the frame. You end up in a crash and it comes out your overloaded your insurance will walk and your on your own.
Will we EVER be able to put this myth in the grave?
If anybody can cite a true reference to this actually happening, PLEASE tell us about it now.
We have had people from all levels of insurance companies; from sales persons, adjusters, investigators, etc. and on up on here telling us this will not, and, in fact, CAN not happen, yet the myth persists.
It is the same people who spread the myths about tires. Someone has a tire pop at 7 years and concludes it was from old age, but just as many people on Rv.net have a tire pop at 1, 3, or 3 years old and it is just "an anomaly."
Instead of old wives tales, it should be Old Mens tales.
2000 National RV Tropi-Cal 37 ft Double Slide Ford V-10
1994 Toyota Celica on a Master Tow Dolly (40 MPG)
If you have a W22 chassis you have a 4000# hitch and that is pretty much the limit of the chassis with a good sized MH on top. If by chance you have the optional W24 you would have a 5000# hitch and those are rare because they were optional. You just need a heavier chassis to do what you want.
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