Tongue Cargo
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Topic: Tongue Cargo
Posted By: renosteve
Subject: Tongue Cargo
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2013 at 5:52pm
| Just bought a small Champion generator (L18"X15"X15" and 58 lbs) and I want to carry it on the trailer tongue. I plan to put a metal shelf behind the propane tank and put the 2 batteries in a box and the generator in another one. Has anyone else done anything like this? |
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Posted By: EasyriderSLC
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2013 at 6:23pm
Posted By: Butterfly_Lee
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2013 at 9:29pm
I did something like that. http://podterfly.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html The blog has before and after pictures. Lee  ------------- Still a work in progress, lots of pictures. http://podterfly.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: tsunami123
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2013 at 9:45am
 Are there any regulations about having an electrical device such as a generator sitting adjacent to a propane tank? I thought about doing the same and then realized that if the propane tank/hose ever developed a leak, I would be living next to a bomb. One forum member had mentioned having a varmint chew through the rubber propane hose.
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Posted By: renosteve
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2013 at 1:32pm
| I plan to remove the generator from the tongue when I use it. I'll then let it cool before I replace it. Thanks for the pic and blog reference. They have given me some ideas to chew on. |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2013 at 1:48pm
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Definitely a good idea to move it to the ground during use. Otherwise the vibrations through the pod's frame will amplify the sound. Not a good way to sleep. Chain it to the tongue for security. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: marwayne
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2013 at 5:55pm
My gen. is build in, to eliminate noise and vibration I lift the gen. by about 1/4-1/2" with a bottle jack it works great. ------------- If you want something done right, do it yourself. 2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
Posted By: bhamster
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2013 at 7:31pm
| Is that the bottom of your trailer? Do you have other pics of where the generator is installed? |
Posted By: marwayne
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2013 at 8:06pm
The gen. is in a box in the back of the trailer. I also diverted the exhaust to the ground to reduce the noise.  ------------- If you want something done right, do it yourself. 2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
Posted By: bhamster
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2013 at 1:26am
| Looks great! How is the box attached to the back? |
Posted By: renosteve
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2013 at 1:51pm
| That is an extensive mod. Looks like a great job! |
Posted By: Butterfly_Lee
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2013 at 8:55pm
Frankly I don't know if there is a reg. Couldnt think of a better way to carry, the generator with the Yukon. Didnt want the gas smell in the pod or the tv. Plan is to put on the ground when running. Propane is always off when not in use, and I will watch out for varmints. If we had a better hitch in the back i would have prefered that. Lee ------------- Still a work in progress, lots of pictures. http://podterfly.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: marwayne
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2013 at 12:20am
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I extended the outer joist tubing by inserting a 5' piece of oak into the tubing and let it stick out 20", I also extended the spare tire hitch. Then I fit a spacer between the trailer and the box, the spacer is attached to the trailer and the box is attached to the spacer.
  ------------- If you want something done right, do it yourself. 2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
Posted By: bhamster
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2013 at 11:26am
| It looks like you are incredibly skilled at modding, but it seems like it would make the pod imbalanced. I try to keep as much cargo weight above the wheels or in front of them, and this is the exact opposite. Do you use a WDH? |
Posted By: Goose
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2013 at 11:33am
I really like the Hockey Puck on top of the bottle jack to raise the gen up a little. Only in Canada.  Goose------------- Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee 
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Posted By: Thinker
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2013 at 11:36am
This is what I was thinking... but a WDH is to take a load off the hitch and put more on the front wheels of the TV and the trailer.. Scratching my head, but it seems that the trailer would be tail heavy not hitch heavy. Do you have sway when driving.. ? ------------- Tow Vehicle: 2013 Pathfinder 4WD R-POD Model 171 
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Posted By: marwayne
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2013 at 12:37pm
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Yes I use a WDH, I would not leave home without it. I have (the original Equal-i-zer sway control hitch). No problems with any kind of swaying. ------------- If you want something done right, do it yourself. 2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
Posted By: bhamster
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2013 at 1:41pm
I mean to say sway control, but instead I wrote WDH. Having a cargo unit this large hanging off the back would definitely lighten the tongue.
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Posted By: bhamster
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2013 at 1:42pm
I'm curious what your tongue weight ends up being. Any idea how much that cargo box weighs?
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