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Colorado tom 
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Joined: 25 Jul 2020 Location: CO Online Status: Offline Posts: 2 |
 Calendar Event: Rear hitchPosted: 22 Aug 2020 at 6:31pm |
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Anyone know the carrying capacity for the rear hitch that holds spare tire would like to carry 125lb generator
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp 
Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6417 |
Posted: 22 Aug 2020 at 8:45pm |
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Don't do it! The hitch is rated for 150 lbs carried close to the trailer. Not only would you have the 125 lbs of the generator, but the weight of the rack. Add to that that they both would sit at a greater distance from the hitch and you are looking for trouble. A rack and contents weighing no more than 50 lbs might be okay, but any more and you are likely to arrive at a camp site and find that your generator did not make it with you and that you are now liable for having caused an accident, possibly with one or more fatalities when the welds of the bar holding the hitch broke and dropped the carrier and generator on the highway. Carry the generator in the back of your pickup truck, your SUV, or in a separate vehicle, but don't put it on the back hitch.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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Colorado tom
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Joined: 25 Jul 2020 Location: CO Online Status: Offline Posts: 2 |
Posted: 22 Aug 2020 at 8:49pm |
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Thanks
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offgrid
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Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 23 Aug 2020 at 6:57am |
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+1
Add to that the potential to bend your trailer frame and to reduce tongue weight too low (the trailer is a teeter totter) and get sway. The far rear of the trailer is the last place you should add any additional weight. The best place is in the tow vehicle, ahead of the TV rear axle. |
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Rear hitch - Event Date: 22 Aug 2020 - 26 Aug 2020