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First time I have seen something like this up front. Does look pretty robust. Unfortunatly I could not see the attachments for the tow vehicle, it was not present.
I've only seen one once and it was an F150 using one of these to tow a rather large 5th wheel. I'd venture to say the 5th wheel would have easily maxed out his payload otherwise and I'd guess he was still damn close on GCVWR. I didn't get to see it up close, we just passed it on the highway.
It seems like a bad idea to me. I've seen a few around and they appear to do okay, but at the same time it also looks like something that you use when the better solution is more difficult to come by. This thing mounts solid to the tow vehicle with no articulation. I wonder how lateral forces are handled. This puts lateral pin forces waaaay back behind the rear axle. It must feel weird to steer this thing down the road.
On the bright side, it leads trailers wide around objects on the inside of tight corners.
I checked out their site . . . and notice in really tight maneuvers the front outer steer tires are really squirming in most of the shots.
It seems like a bad idea to me. I've seen a few around and they appear to do okay, but at the same time it also looks like something that you use when the better solution is more difficult to come by. This thing mounts solid to the tow vehicle with no articulation. I wonder how lateral forces are handled. This puts lateral pin forces waaaay back behind the rear axle. It must feel weird to steer this thing down the road.
On the bright side, it leads trailers wide around objects on the inside of tight corners.
I checked out their site . . . and notice in really tight maneuvers the front outer steer tires are really squirming in most of the shots.
Have you ever seen what tandem axle trailer tires are doing in a sharp maneuver? I've got one of those tandem axle trailers that are spread apart and they really have to skid around a corner if I make a slow speed tight maneuver. It's a neat option for trucks that have really high tow ratings but really low payload ratings. Personally, I'd rather just get the right truck for the job but I can see where this thing could have it's place.
It seems like a bad idea to me. I've seen a few around and they appear to do okay, but at the same time it also looks like something that you use when the better solution is more difficult to come by. This thing mounts solid to the tow vehicle with no articulation. I wonder how lateral forces are handled. This puts lateral pin forces waaaay back behind the rear axle. It must feel weird to steer this thing down the road.
On the bright side, it leads trailers wide around objects on the inside of tight corners.
I checked out their site . . . and notice in really tight maneuvers the front outer steer tires are really squirming in most of the shots.
Originally Posted by Pugga
Have you ever seen what tandem axle trailer tires are doing in a sharp maneuver? I've got one of those tandem axle trailers that are spread apart and they really have to skid around a corner if I make a slow speed tight maneuver. It's a neat option for trucks that have really high tow ratings but really low payload ratings. Personally, I'd rather just get the right truck for the job but I can see where this thing could have it's place.
Yeah, like all the jack-knifey stuff they do on the safetyhitch2.com videos. Part of the life of trailer tires though . . . except on single-axle trailers. What I was trying to point out is the amount of flex the steer tires have in them, indicating how much side-forces are being applied to them to steer a safetyhitched trailer around. It looks extreme to me, but not unexpected moving the pin behind the rear axle like 8+ feet.
