Big -Dave wrote: Sorry, but the length of a drawbar can affect the towbar rating?, dosent make sense to me. The towbar is on the vehicle. The drawbar is on the trailer. My eperience has been, that the longer a drawbar, the better the trailer was to tow, provided that the drabar was rigid enough. Yes, adding 250 mm will affect the downforce on the tow ball, but ever so slight and not useful to factor in. The towing dynamics will only improve, but again , for such a small change, it won't be noticeable. |
Steps wrote: Keep in mind changing the ball height changes the weight on the draw bar... |
Titahi wrote:
I cant for the life of me figure out how raising or lowering the tow ball height changes the draw bar weight? Its essentially a fulcrum and the weight remains constant throughout an arc..... If your lucky youll have a reece hayman type hitch, and can buy several different tow ball tounges with differing height offsets. |
Pcj wrote:
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kitno wrote: I'm wanting to lengthen my draw bar by approx 250mm (Aluminum Trailer). Main reason is so I can open the rear door of my van without having to unhitch. Wanting to know if this would change the towing dynamics for the worst, if at all? |
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