Trailer towing-Stinger Hitch
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Trailer towing-Stinger Hitch
Hey guys,
I read this page three time but I'm a little skeptic on how this works...
http://www.mrtrailer.com/stinger.htm
Let me know if any one has this on their truck. Looks like it can adjust to any height of the hitch ( lifted trucks can use these too!)
I read this page three time but I'm a little skeptic on how this works...
http://www.mrtrailer.com/stinger.htm
Let me know if any one has this on their truck. Looks like it can adjust to any height of the hitch ( lifted trucks can use these too!)
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Personally I'd be worried about those little wheels going at highway speeds. Also what happens over dips or rough spots on the road? When you move the trailer tounge further away from the bumper, that gives the trailer more leverage to bounce the truck around in rough conditions. If those little wheels were to ever bounce up and down off the pavement it could make for a heck of a ride.
You could install a set of airbags in your truck for a whole lot cheaper, and have twice the capacity.
You could install a set of airbags in your truck for a whole lot cheaper, and have twice the capacity.
Fleet Mechanic
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From: West Cornwall, CT
Those "training wheels" would remove tongue weight from the tow vehicle. Towing a trailer without adequate tongue weight is a spooky experience (trust me on this one!).
Maybe if your tow vehicle was a ricer truck these might be needed. For a more capable truck I'd pass on this one. Another vote for air bags.
Lou Braun
Maybe if your tow vehicle was a ricer truck these might be needed. For a more capable truck I'd pass on this one. Another vote for air bags.
Lou Braun
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i've never used the air bags option, nor one of these little things.
One of my trailers, a 6x14 enclosed trailer, does bounce around a whole lot going over the little bumps and such.
However I am forced to agree with F350-6, wondering how well those tires are going to hold up on either the highway or constantly coming in and out of contact with the roadway when bouncing.
Really, just get a capable truck, and ease up on the gas a bit. Take those bumps slower.
One of my trailers, a 6x14 enclosed trailer, does bounce around a whole lot going over the little bumps and such.
However I am forced to agree with F350-6, wondering how well those tires are going to hold up on either the highway or constantly coming in and out of contact with the roadway when bouncing.
Really, just get a capable truck, and ease up on the gas a bit. Take those bumps slower.
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I am skeptical, I would think if you have that much tongue weight for bumper pull, you should have the right truck. 1500-2K lb tongue weight is alot for a 1/2T based on a percentage of gross, say 10%. Just a little skeptical from the text and the applications they use as examples, could be wrong.
It's not new, there are similar products on the market targeting much larger applications, but their ratings are similar to the targeted tow vehicle gross.
From the examples given, some of the same benefits would be achieved with bags, shocks and overload springs for most applications.
Not all is lost though, if you want to look different and pull a 16' cargo with your 1/2T and not have any droop in the pants, this would definately be the product.
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It's not new, there are similar products on the market targeting much larger applications, but their ratings are similar to the targeted tow vehicle gross.
From the examples given, some of the same benefits would be achieved with bags, shocks and overload springs for most applications.
Not all is lost though, if you want to look different and pull a 16' cargo with your 1/2T and not have any droop in the pants, this would definately be the product.
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sounds like a bad idea to me. If the truck isn't rated to carry the load, it certainly isn't rated to stop it. These seem like a good way to get yourself into more trouble faster with a load thats heavier than the truck can safely pull/stop
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the one place that it kind of makes sense is if you had a camper in the truck and you wanted to tow a trailer that would make you overweight BUT what this thing is doing is essentially adding a tag axle but its only suspension is your regular springs plus the rubber tires its a pretty poor long term solution to the problem
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