Towing an enclosed trailer with a Motorhome??

[Thing One]

So I need some education.

I want an enclosed trailer to haul my dirt toys. Do I need to be concerned with a V nose vs flat nose due to tight turns? Am I going to stuff my bumper through the front end of a V nose trailer?

 

[bagged97taco]

Depends on what type of situation you get into. Vnose will be best compared to a flat nose trailer. If you’re buying a new enclosed I would look for a trailer with a longer tongue I’ve never had a problem with any of my trailers. But my car hauler has a really long tongue compared to my other trailers

 

[Wizard29]

It comes down to how long the tongue is. I have two trailers...both are flat front. One is a stacker with a longer tongue that would take me quite a bit to jackknife. The other is a single level with a shorter tongue that I do have to be mindful how tightly I turn.

Neither one is a problem with regular turns on the street and a V nose shouldn't be an absolute requirement.

 

[RiverDave]

When you are looking at enclosed trailers often times they will advertise "RV length tongue". it's a 6' tongue which allows you to turn pretty tight.

I have a square box 24' Enclosed with the bad ass cabinets, lighting, stereo, AC / Heat that I maybe selling this summer. It has the RV tongue.

RD

 

[Thing One]

When you are looking at enclosed trailers often times they will advertise "RV length tongue". it's a 6' tongue which allows you to turn pretty tight.

I have a square box 24' Enclosed with the bad ass cabinets, lighting, stereo, AC / Heat that I maybe selling this summer. It has the RV tongue.

RD

I’m looking for 8.5x20 due to storage space limitations.

 

[RiverDave]

I’m looking for 8.5x20 due to storage space limitations.

Would that be including the tongue? That's gonna be a small trailer.

RD

 

[Thing One]

No, 20’ box. I have 25’-26’ of space.

 

[monkeyswrench]

Something else that takes getting used to is the RV's overhang, and it's turning radius. Some of the coaches have 12ft past the rear axle. When you pivot in a turn, the "swing" actually goes away from the apex of the turn, and the trailer nose with it. Right turns at intersections require a little more finesse I find.

 

[PRORACER7474]

just get a 1ft extended tongue

 

[BHC Vic]

When you are looking at enclosed trailers often times they will advertise "RV length tongue". it's a 6' tongue which allows you to turn pretty tight.

I have a square box 24' Enclosed with the bad ass cabinets, lighting, stereo, AC / Heat that I maybe selling this summer. It has the RV tongue.

RD

How much maybe I can wait till then

 

[69hondo]

its not the turning you have to worry about its the incline/decline of drive ways that will put the top of the v-nose into the back of the coach when the back of the coach drops down into a driveway entrance for example.

 

[BHC Vic]

its not the turning you have to worry about its the incline/decline of drive ways that will put the top of the v-nose into the back of the coach when the back of the coach drops down into a driveway entrance for example.

I put my hitch through my bumper steep steep learning curve with me

 

[ChiliPepperGarage]

It comes down to how long the tongue is.

 

[Take N Advantage]

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