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Old 04-04-2015, 10:26 PM   #1
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Does this trailer make the TVs rear end look saggy?

Saw this west bound on Interstate I-10 last Thursday, maybe all is well with this setup but those front tires looked like they might lift off the ground

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Old 04-04-2015, 10:35 PM   #2
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The salesman said my SUV could tow it and be fine. He tried to sell me a wdh but I thought he was trying to take me for an expensive ride so we skipped it. Besides, what's so wrong with having an eye on the sky?
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Old 04-04-2015, 10:40 PM   #3
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The salesman said my SUV could tow it and be fine. He tried to sell me a wdh but I thought he was trying to take me for an expensive ride so we skipped it. Besides, what's so wrong with having an eye on the sky?
Besides, I can also spot raccoons in the trees and on telephone poles.
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Old 04-04-2015, 10:50 PM   #4
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Besides, I can also spot raccoons in the trees and on telephone poles.
Just so long as they don't find themselves up the tree or pole with the racoons
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Old 04-04-2015, 10:55 PM   #5
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It says it's a "Hyper Lite"...
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Old 04-04-2015, 11:42 PM   #6
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The trailer is level with th TV up like that? Someone blew that setup.
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Old 04-05-2015, 02:51 AM   #7
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...maybe all is well with this setup but those front tires looked like they might lift off the ground

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All is not well. A serious lack (or none) of weight distribution going on there.
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Old 04-05-2015, 03:50 AM   #8
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I see rigs like that a lot, most of the time I am going in the wrong direction to get a picture.

I'm glad to be going the other way.......
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Old 04-05-2015, 05:36 AM   #9
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I have seen this too,,and wonder how they made this far
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Old 04-05-2015, 06:43 AM   #10
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Just because it's a toy hauler wonder if maybe they loaded too much weight ahead of the wheels on the trailer, even if the trailer is a "Light" if you add weight to it in the wrong place it will change the whole set up. Hate seeing this unsafe setup see them all the while coming into campground.
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Old 04-05-2015, 08:31 AM   #11
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Hit the brakes real hard and the front tires come off the ground. Makes steering fun.


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Old 04-05-2015, 08:39 AM   #12
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I been passed on the highway by setup like this. Running 75 and tailwagging. I slow down more thinking it no way the will make to toll gate. You must be blind not to see the problem.
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Old 04-05-2015, 11:52 AM   #13
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I towed my new, much bigger TT looking like that and thought it was normal. Almost wore out the rear tires between Missoula and Florida. Fixed now but no more eagle eye views of satelite launches...........
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Old 04-05-2015, 01:02 PM   #14
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Agree with others, looks like a severe lack of WDH on that unit. Probably like someone said above, salesman (sure sir, yours can pull it with no problem with your bumper ball) !!!
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If they hang a few anvils from the front bumper of the truck, they should be fine.
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Old 04-05-2015, 02:02 PM   #17
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I have seen a Triple Axle 10,000 lb Airstresm being towed by a Honda Minivan. I could not believe it was happening. There is no way that is safe! A dealer here setup all types of under rated TV with 30 ft plus Airstreams.
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Years ago I saw a front wheel drive Chevette or Vega towing 18 TT cross country. I saw him in a gas station with the rear bumper dragging the pavement and asked how it towed. He said " good but I loose traction on wet roads".
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Old 04-05-2015, 02:45 PM   #20
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The SUV dealer said it would "tow" it. The trailer dealer said it will "tow" it and some friends and a blog said it would "tow it. Don't waste your money on those trucks it will "tow" it.
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