Towing 12,500 Pounds

[Mike Hohnstein]

You will need to look the hitch over and possibly reinforce it for the toy box.
The bird hitch is good for 10k, barely.
Using equalizer bars on the trailer will probably break the trailer tongue off
the frame, been there done that. I have my 24' 10k Pace trailer changed over to
pintle hitch style, remove the hitch for security when not in use and doesn't
transfer loads between vehicles. That transfer is what breaks trailer frames
when the equalizer bars are used towing with a large vehicle. A few years back
I broke a new trailer on the first tow, Pace told me to pound sand as I was
towing with a medium duty vehicle. Their warrantee states that there is no
protection available if a vehicle larger than One ton, like a dually is used to
tow. Most of the enclosed trailers on the market are similar in their lousy
construction. The trailer I have now was a special order that fell through,
extra thick walls made of square tube rather than the light channel they
normally use. Heavy but it is solid. Wells Cargo probably builds the best
affordable trailer, after that Gold Rush is the truth, you really pay for them.
MH
----- Original Message -----
From: Curt Sprenger
To: wanderlodge@yahoogroups.com ; WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 1:20 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Towing 12,500 Pounds


My daughter has a 34' toy box trailer. It weighs about 12,500 pounds.
They use load levelers and a sway control when towing the trailer with
their truck. I may want to tow the trailer behind our coach, using the
load levelers and sway control? Is anyone towing that much weight behind
a PT38? Thoughts?

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Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38 8V92, Anaheim Hills, Calif.





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