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12-03-2019, 11:55 AM #1
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Receiver hitch
I have a 2017 28BH. The unit has a receiver on the back but it’s only rated for 300lbs. I want to be able to tow my boat or Jeep behind the RV. Figure I’ll probably have to go to a wedding shop for the mods. Anyone with ideas or experience in that?
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12-03-2019, 01:06 PM #2
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Didn't know wedding shops would do welding. On the other hand, I wouldn't double-tow anything behind the 28BH's frame - warranty aside.
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12-03-2019, 01:08 PM #3
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I’d think 300lbs tongue weight would be enough. A boat heavier than 3000lbs is likely going to be much too long to legally tow behind a 5th wheel. 20ft for the truck plus about 30ft of trailer behind it leaves you only 15ft of length for your boat trailer before you exceed 65ft.
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12-03-2019, 02:16 PM #4
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A wedding shop is the perfect place to go to get properly hitched!
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12-03-2019, 02:27 PM #5
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Pretty sure it is illegal in most states to tow a motor vehicle behind a 5th wheel or trailer.
Boat should be OK, depending where you live.Steve- Inventory Manager at Tom Schaeffer's RV, Shoemakersville, PA www.tomschaeffers.com
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12-03-2019, 03:06 PM #6
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12-03-2019, 03:14 PM #7
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I know an escapees couple who tow a DRV Elite Suites with either a Freightliner Sport Chassis or a Volvo 740 (don't remember which) and pull a Wrangler behind the fiver. I think he's a retired trucker, though, and the class of the truck may have something to do with it and the DRV weighs around 20 - 22K loaded. I believe they're domiciled in Texas.
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12-03-2019, 08:28 PM #8
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This photo that @RVRunners posted shows how it's done:
https://www.mygrandrv.com/forum/show...074#post268074Joe & Joy + children
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12-03-2019, 09:01 PM #9
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Not true, west of the Mississippi there’s only 2 states that don’t allow it, OR and WA and only if it’s a fifth wheel. Some even have an 80 ft limit!
To reply to the OP, is the hitch mounted to the frame and is it a Class 3? If so the 300 lbs only refers to the tongue wt, the hitch is itself rated for 5000#. We winter in AZ and I tow my motorcycle there and back on an open trailer (about 2000#) behind my Solitude, total length is just under 68 ft.
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12-03-2019, 10:03 PM #10
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I've been towing tandem for over 15 years all over Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah. Totally legal. Never had a major problem. Usually we tow our boat behind the fiver, which is about 4100 lbs total. Also tow a flatbed with ATVs, and sometimes my aluminum trailer with track car on it. This was all with my Wildcat fiver, which will be replaced in a few days with the Reflection 29RS. It will be going to a hitch/welding shop to get beefed up for the extra tow duty it will see. I hope the 29RS handles it at least as well as the Wildcat, which has done well.
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