The Silver Streak E-mail ListArchive Files[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [SilverStreak] Rear Hitch on trailer
As noted....SOME states will allow a double tow but only with the first hitch being a 5th wheel hitch, so a bumper pull can not pull anything behind it. I believe that Texas will allow a second trailer if the first is a 5th wheel and nothing on a bumper pull. Just this past weekend, we saw a 26' of so bumper pull with a 16 to 18' boat in tow behind it. The travel trailer did not have any W/D on the hitch. He was trucking along at close to 70 MPH. No one has ever said that you have to be smart to buy and RV...all you need is the cash or credit and you are an RVer. Ken Wilson KE5DFR@sbcglobal.net Cypress, Texas ----- Original Message ---- From: "waymark1@juno.com" <waymark1@juno.com> To: sslist@tompatterson.com Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 2:27:19 PM Subject: Re: [SilverStreak] Rear Hitch on trailer Bob Scheimeister, the original owner of my SS, had a bike carrier mounted to the bumper. It is attached by 4 bolts thru holes drilled in the bumper. When there are bike(s)on the carrier, I strap to the trunk handle, so there is no shaking of the bike(s) and carrier,and the weight of the bike(s) does not tend to twist the bumper. Mounting a hitch receiver to the rear of a "teeter-trailer" (the trailer is balanced on its axle(s) reminiscent of a teeter-totter or see-saw) invites hitching a second trailer to it. This is illegal in some states and dangerous in all. I think the idea of a hitch on the rear of a trailer is to allow towing a lightweight fishing boat. Certainly not another heavy trailer! Putting weight on the back of a trailer, behind the axle(s) of the trailer, is a major contributor to instability characteristic of straight-pull trailers. You will notice that heavy freight trucks have the rear axle of the trailer as far back as practical for highway haulage. Our tow vehicles just won't tolerate the weight on the hitch that would result from having the trailer axle at the rear of the trailer. Al -- "Eddie" <Eddie@Huffstetter.com> wrote: Joe, No, we were just fighting the weight and wiggle of the spare that fractures the bumper. My spare is also in the trunk. No need to worry or move it. -Eddie- Houston, TX ----- Original Message ----- From: <joepatwink@netscape.net> To: <sslist@tompatterson.com> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [SilverStreak] Rear Hitch on trailer >I see that some wrote that they have taken their spare off of the back >bumper on trailers, would it be wise to remove the spare from the back >trunk of a Silver Streak? We have a 1969 Sabre with the two foot deep trunk that holds the hitch,?equalizer ?bars, spare tire, wood blocks for leveling, and a few other misc. parts. The heavy hitch and equalizer bars go on the front of the trailer when you hook up, the only heavy object left back there is the spare tire. Do you think I should move it? The frame is extended so the trunk has a angle iron frame under, but it still adds weight behind the rear axle. > ? Joe
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