2" Receiver Rating on AT?

[adventureduo]

Whats it rated for?

Not like im going to pull a 50 foot cigarette boat behind it... but i just was thinking tonight what it might be? Or does anyone even know? Would be great to know for recovery purposes in case that day ever happens.

Im assuming the Chaser and the Horizon are different no?

 

[theexile]

Whats it rated for?

Not like im going to pull a 50 foot cigarette boat behind it... but i just was thinking tonight what it might be? Or does anyone even know? Would be great to know for recovery purposes in case that day ever happens.

Im assuming the Chaser and the Horizon are different no?

Its ment for recovery or mounting light duty items such as a bike rack and a couple of bikes. It can physically handle much more weight but having any more than that causes handling problems.

 

[Martyn]

Light duty in regard to the amount of weight it can handle. We suggest no more than 100 lbs. The main issue here is lightening the tongue weight.

Strength wise it an be used for recovery no problem.

The Horizon bumper is structural 2 x 5 x 3/16 steel tube. The Chaser has a 2 x 3 x 3/16 steel tube rear bumper.

 

[adventureduo]

So if absolute need be, we can be pulled rearward to recover the tow rig and the trailer if we had no other choice?

That's with a Lock N Roll and a hitch that is rated for 3,500kg (7,700lbs)

Just throwing it out there.

 

[Scott Brady]

I find it perfect for a Thule bike rack.

 

[adventureduo]

Yep, used it for the mtn bikes already. Worked good.. but i dont like the way they bounce around when the trailer goes through the rough stuff.

 

[theexile]

Yep, used it for the mtn bikes already. Worked good.. but i dont like the way they bounce around when the trailer goes through the rough stuff.

Would one of those silent hitch pins maybe help reduce that? Since if would lock the rack into the hitch.

 

[adventureduo]

Would one of those silent hitch pins maybe help reduce that? Since if would lock the rack into the hitch.

Not really when your going through whoops and the trailer is getting air :hehe:

I doubt anything would help :elkgrin: , no biggie, we don't take the mtn bikes that often.

So what about the above question of recovery?

 

[Martyn]

So if absolute need be, we can be pulled rearward to recover the tow rig and the trailer if we had no other choice?

That's with a Lock N Roll and a hitch that is rated for 3,500kg (7,700lbs)

Just throwing it out there.

The coupler is rated at 6000 lbs, but I'm not certain how the J684 test comes up with that number.

If you have no other choice then you have no other choice. But I don't think any of the connections have been tested for anything like this.

 

[adventureduo]

The coupler is rated at 6000 lbs, but I'm not certain how the J684 test comes up with that number.

If you have no other choice then you have no other choice. But I don't think any of the connections have been tested for anything like this.

Alright thanks Martyn. I doubt we'd ever have to use the rig(s) in that situation, but it was just food for thought. It's nice to know everything in line is beefy.

 

[Martyn]

Yep, used it for the mtn bikes already. Worked good.. but i dont like the way they bounce around when the trailer goes through the rough stuff.

Might be time to do the conversion from the old Independent Rubber Torsion axles to the new Airstrut trailing arms http://www.adventuretrailers.com/suspension.html

 

[adventureduo]

Might be time to do the conversion from the old Independent Rubber Torsion axles to the new Airstrut trailing arms http://www.adventuretrailers.com/suspension.html

I wish, but it's not in the budget right now. Promised the other half i'd settle down for now. Spent too much on the rig setup in 2007. The trailer can still follow at 50mph on washboard roads, so that is way better than i need. I don't need to go any faster than that. On the whoops, i don't need to go any faster or else i'll get into trouble. It's not a trophy truck

 

[Martyn]

I wish, but it's not in the budget right now. Promised the other half i'd settle down for now. Spent too much on the rig setup in 2007. The trailer can still follow at 50mph on washboard roads, so that is way better than i need. I don't need to go any faster than that. On the whoops, i don't need to go any faster or else i'll get into trouble. It's not a trophy truck

I know what your saying.

May as well hang around for the next suspension upgrade. It's the airborne version. We are thinking of naming it the "Pitcairn" after the Flying Pitcairn Brothers". :jumping:

 

[elcoyote]

To clarify, the J684 test is failure at 3 times the rating i.e. the 6000 lb coupler failed at 18000 lbs of applied forces. Greg at Great Lakes Forge told me that in their testing of the 303/212 configuration, the grade 8 bolts holding the coupler & hitch into the test fixture failed at 18000 lbs, not the coupler but they settled on that rating.

For what it is worth, and this is not safe but Redline towed a series 80 and another Chaser connected to the 2" rear receiver of his Chaser for perhaps 50+ miles to the Expedition Trophy last year when the 80 had blown a head gasket. This is totally not safe IMO. The reason for my opinion in the matter is that had the coupler failed on the towing vehicle, the 80 would have been eating some Chaser. The safer solution would have been to attach the tow strap to a frame mounted tow point on the tow vehicle and run the strap under the first Chaser to the 80 & other Chaser. Nonetheless, I am impressed with the strength of the Lock and Roll as well as the rear receivers on our trailers.

And yes, by all means, use the receiver as a recovery point. Just be sure to follow safe recovery protocol just as you would for a vehicle.

 

[IH8RDS]

The safer solution would have been to attach the tow strap to a frame mounted tow point on the tow vehicle and run the strap under the first Chaser to the 80 & other Chaser.

I would have connected the chasers together behind the 80 and towed the 80 directly behind the tow vehicle. Whooo Whooooooooooo