There's always a limit on downward force on trailer coupler. Car on trailer too much forward....
4300 pounds is a lot of weight. And that weight is not low gravity weight. A base Mercedes s class is about that weight. Imagine having a s class in the bed of a pickup.Looked up the specs on that slide-in. The current model of it is a Lance 1172, and the dry weight, before you add anything in it, is 4318#.
That's a lot of weight in that truck bed, before you add on what is probably at least 5-1000# of tongue weight.
I wish we had a good picture of the hitch setup. I'll bet that is a butt-clenching contraption on top of everything else.
The cubbyhole, inside of the red rectangle, holds the generator.It took me a while to better understand the extended trailer hitch. Only after I took that second look, did I get a better visual of how far the slide in actually extends from the end of the truck bed. I did some very amateur line drawings to better see how bad this configuration really is.
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There is no vertical load in the methods I posted - flat tow = 4 down4wd,
I don't think he should be towing anything behind that extended slide in camper.
If he must keep that configuration and must tow a vehicle, needs to sell the jeep and buy a smart car or similar, tow behind, dolly, or aluminum trailer.
But I sense he purchased on wants, not on needs. That is his choice, but I suspect his choice is a safety to risk to him and others.
It's probably didn't look like that when he left Albuquerque.Being redundant here, but how could he not see that?
And then he'll blame the truck, not the fact that he's a mental midget who doesn't understand basic physics.Can’t teach stupid. That chassis will eventually break.
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That's an optical illusion; although it appears to be part of the building in the background, it's actually a large concrete slab of the same colour, loaded on top of the Jeep to increase the tongue weight to the desired 75%. (Just kidding ...)What is Maurices?
And then he'll blame the truck, not the fact that he's a mental midget who doesn't understand basic physics.
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That’s another way to think about it.If he has money for that setup, he has money to fix it when it breaks.
If he doesn’t, let the laughter begin…