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Clarke when you say your trailer has a GVW of 13,000 LBS is that the combined weight of both your axles? Another question is there a formula or a way to know how much of the trailer weight then is transferred to the coach or do you ha e to simply weight the coach with it hitched and without the trailer?

Yeah.....combined carrying capacity of both axles. I believe there is a formula for how much the tongue weight would be based on the GVW of the trailer with its cargo, but I forget what it is. The receiver hitches on our coaches have a 10,000 pound weight capacity I believe. If the cargo in the trailer is properly balanced over the axles the tongue weight should be a fraction of the gross weight.

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Thanks for all the great suggestions and examples. Clarke, you have the "escape" door on the driver's side of your trailer? Do you feel that is worth a couple hundred to have...seems that it would be convenient but worry that more doors means more trouble....Also, what about weight distributing hitches? Necessary for 10,000lb or less or not?

The ramp door on the drivers side is not really an escape door.....it was an addition made by the guy who had my trailer built......he carried a Jeep in the rear of the trailer, and quads in the front and wanted to be able to unload the quads without puling the Jeep out. The escape door comes in handy when the vehicle you have is wide enough to prevent you from accessing it from the rear of the trailer. It enables you to get in and out of the vehicle while it is in the trailer more easily.