[Rhodes22-list] Trailer

[Rick Lange]

The prongs depend on your car, not the trailer.

Rick Lange

On Fri, May 21, 2021, 4:44 PM Lee <lvjkuhn at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've never trailered anything before so I checked with the archives, the
> Internet, and Stan.
>
> Looks like:
>
> 17-inch coupling height
>
> 2-inch ball
>
> 4-prong electrical connection
>
> safety chains (do those come with the trailer?)
>
> 10 to 15% tongue weight which would be 50 to 75 pounds with a 5,000 pound
> boat/trailer.  Stan feels more comfortable with 100 pound tongue weight.  I
> don't believe everything I read on the Internet so I'll go with Stan's
> recommendation.  Apparently too little tongue weight and your trailer will
> fishtail and too much tongue weight will overload your rear tires and could
> create a variety of handling and braking issues.
>
> Lee
> Soon to have a 1999 Rhodes22
> Claytor Lake, VA
>
>
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