HueyPilotVN
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Now some of you guys know that I like to do projects, (it keeps me out of trouble)
I have a new project. After upgrading my tires to handle the load of my Stacker, I started to wonder about the load on the rear of my DP from the tongue weight of the trailer. I have already reinforced the receiver with gussets and extra steel welded in place.
Monday I am going up to Braham, MN to visit a plant that builds the ?Trailer Toad?.
The Trailer Toad is a device that goes between the coach and the Stacker trailer to carry the tongue weight on another axle and set of tires. However, after talking with the owner of the company that makes them we are going to modify mine in several ways.
First, I am getting larger hubs to mount 16 inch eight lug wheels and tires instead of the normal 15 inch wheels.
I am going to use the same wheels and Goodyear G-614 tires as the stacker uses. This will make me feel more confident about the weight issue.
Second it will allow me to use a common spare and therefore eliminate the spare that is normally carried on top of the trailer toad axle.
In addition to using a common spare, this will allow me to customize the top of the trailer toad to provide a mounting surface to securely mount two large strong plastic tanks.
The tanks are 100 gallons each and are approximately 48? by 24? by 24?.
These tanks will normally be empty when towing the stacker.
After arriving at Quartzsite or any other boon docking site and unhooking the trailer toad, these tanks that are on the trailer toad can be pulled by the Jeep Commander or any normal vehicle with a receiver hitch to dump the black water and resupply the potable water.
The black water tank will have the macerator pump for an intake device and the fresh water tank will have a water pump for transferring water to an RV.
This will eliminate the need to take the coach to the dump station and water fill site.
Several people do this with smaller tanks but this setup will allow me to do it with one trip.
The weight will not be an issue because the axle is rated for much more weight and I will normally be carrying only one filled tank at a time.
The black water tank full to the dump site and the potable water tank full when returning to the RV.
It should carry about 600 to 700 pounds of liquid each way.
I will have to make sure to not unhook the trailer toad with any water in the tanks because it will be tippy like a unicycle.
Here are a few pictures of the normal trailer toad. The one picture shows a trailer toad with a tool box mounted on it.
I have a new project. After upgrading my tires to handle the load of my Stacker, I started to wonder about the load on the rear of my DP from the tongue weight of the trailer. I have already reinforced the receiver with gussets and extra steel welded in place.
Monday I am going up to Braham, MN to visit a plant that builds the ?Trailer Toad?.
The Trailer Toad is a device that goes between the coach and the Stacker trailer to carry the tongue weight on another axle and set of tires. However, after talking with the owner of the company that makes them we are going to modify mine in several ways.
First, I am getting larger hubs to mount 16 inch eight lug wheels and tires instead of the normal 15 inch wheels.
I am going to use the same wheels and Goodyear G-614 tires as the stacker uses. This will make me feel more confident about the weight issue.
Second it will allow me to use a common spare and therefore eliminate the spare that is normally carried on top of the trailer toad axle.
In addition to using a common spare, this will allow me to customize the top of the trailer toad to provide a mounting surface to securely mount two large strong plastic tanks.
The tanks are 100 gallons each and are approximately 48? by 24? by 24?.
These tanks will normally be empty when towing the stacker.
After arriving at Quartzsite or any other boon docking site and unhooking the trailer toad, these tanks that are on the trailer toad can be pulled by the Jeep Commander or any normal vehicle with a receiver hitch to dump the black water and resupply the potable water.
The black water tank will have the macerator pump for an intake device and the fresh water tank will have a water pump for transferring water to an RV.
This will eliminate the need to take the coach to the dump station and water fill site.
Several people do this with smaller tanks but this setup will allow me to do it with one trip.
The weight will not be an issue because the axle is rated for much more weight and I will normally be carrying only one filled tank at a time.
The black water tank full to the dump site and the potable water tank full when returning to the RV.
It should carry about 600 to 700 pounds of liquid each way.
I will have to make sure to not unhook the trailer toad with any water in the tanks because it will be tippy like a unicycle.
Here are a few pictures of the normal trailer toad. The one picture shows a trailer toad with a tool box mounted on it.
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