| Re: Trailer hitch [message #328167 is a reply to message #328165] |
Fri, 12 January 2018 11:15   |
77Royale
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Registered: June 2014
Location: Mid Michigan
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Im not an expert. So take it for what its worth. That hitch does not look like the beefy through the bumper units Mr. Merrell makes which are bolted to the frame in several areas. Yours may be something similar, but Id find out how many different attachment points it has to the frame and not the bumper. With it bolted to the bumper the way it is I would be concerned with tongue weight possibly bending the entire unit downward in a panic stop. With the receiver itself being low to the ground you may need an extended raised hitch which would put some different stresses on things like the bolts holding the receiver to the frame. An engineer would be able to elaborate more on that.
Sure the coach would pull 3000 pounds but how are the brakes on the coach, and does the trailer have brakes in good working order. Those are key components.
77 Royale, Rear Dry Bath. 403, 3.55 Final Drive, Lenzi goodies, Patterson carb and dizzy.
Mid Michigan
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