I am thinking of extending the tongue on the front of my trailer to haul maybe two bikes. I have an 18 foot Fleetwood (dual axle). Anyone have experience with this? I have seen some trailers that are built like this from the factory but I don't know if this sort of thing is even feasible.....?



Thanks,
Rob

You'd have to move the axles a little bit forward with that kind of setup I would think, which really isn't to feasible.

That did occur to me, but I wonder if it could be minimized/solved with a weight distribution system?

I mean the impact would be reduced with a weight distributing system but you'd have to get a pretty heavy duty one i would think. That's another 450lbs of tongue weight at least. Your tongue weight would probably be over the 10-15% of gross that's recommended.  Maybe you could pack all your stuff in the back of the camper to help balance it out too. I believe people have put a single bike where the propane tanks usually sit but I haven't seen someone put two on yet.

79yamdt, on 25 February 2012 - 09:22 AM, said:

10% tongue weight is the minimum rule of thumb  to prevent the trailer wagging the truck.

As long as your truck/hitch/tires are capable of handling the weight, it's not that big of an issue to exceed the 10-15% rule, as long as you stay within the specs of both the GWR of the trailer, truck, rear axle of the truck, etc.