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Old 09-29-2019, 08:58 AM   #1
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Long overhang vs towing

Will the long overhang on a Minnie Winnie 31k have an adverse effect on the towed vehicle? Any spirit or minnie 31k experience would be appreciated.
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Old 10-04-2019, 02:11 PM   #2
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Will the long overhang on a Minnie Winnie 31k have an adverse effect on the towed vehicle? Any spirit or minnie 31k experience would be appreciated.
A long rear overhang with a relatively short wheel base makes for poor handling of the RV. Add the toad on the back and it makes the RV even harder to drive. I don't know if it would have any affect on the toad.
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I have a 31G and pull a Jeep Wrangler 2 door as a toad. I use a Ready Brute Elite as my tow bar. Upgraded the sway bars to Hellwigs had the alignment checked and keep the air pressure in tires correct. When on the highway I set the cruise around 65.

I have no problems on two lane roads. On the highway I get a little wag depending on conditions.
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We don’t have a Minnie Winnie but do have a Cambria 30J. It does have a long overhang but doesn’t affect the Jeep toad at all that I can tell. You have to be way more careful where that overhang swings when you turn. Almost learned it the hard way pulling out and turning from a gas pump ��.
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Old 10-16-2019, 04:48 PM   #5
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Are you using a tow dolly or flat-towing your vehicle? If flat towing, this may not be an issue.

We have a Minnie Winnie 31KP and we use a tow dolly trailer to pull our car. To get the dolly to ride flat/low enough requires a bit of a drop on the trailer hitch. Going over curb dips into up-sloped driveways can bottom out the hitch receiver, so make sure you get one that has a roller-ball on it and try to plan your route to avoid sharp up/down slope changes. We use a RoadMaster Roller Ball Mount with a 6" drop.
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In tight turns especially if flat towing it can put a lot of stress on the hitch, tow bar and front suspension of the toad which may not be able to follow or can cause the steering wheel to spin quickly to the end of the toads max turning radius and hit the stop quite hard. With a tow dolly you have to be careful that in a tight turn the long overhang does not cause the fenders on the tow dolly to hit the sides of your toad on some of them especially if the toad has a short wheel base and low ground clearance.

A lot depends on the toad itself and the driver. If you refrain from making sharp turns with the steering wheel over to its max on the RV then you should be fine on that front but should be aware of it.

On a lighter class C with a long overhang some toads if they are high profile or when flat towing if they do not have the caster setting on the front end alignment set very well can wag the dog as the expression goes.


No real "One Size Fits All" as the toad and tow method introduces some variables even between owners of just other 31K's.
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