Why not a Stacker?

[Green D]

I am looking to get a 24ft plus v nose stacker built. With anything you never know the draw backs until you have it. So chime in!
I will be towing with my 43ft MH 15k stock hitch. Looking at going with the
Cargo Mate Eliminator SS package all Aluminum plus a lot more options.
Anything bad about this trailer?
Thanks for your knowledge.

Eric

[Duoglide1]

Green, go to the Motorhomes forum & check out the thread titled "Trailers you tow behind your motorhome" etc. it's got a lot of the info you want and would be a great place to ask your question. A lot of good reading. Good luck.


2012 NuWay HitchHiker 363RSBDA, 2016 Ford F-350 Dually 6.7

[Green D]

Thanks I have been reading a lot of those post as well.

Eric

[charlie hamby]

I tow a 24 ft Cargomate aluminum stacker and love it!

[SmokeyWren]

Originally Posted by Green D

I am looking to get a 24ft plus v nose stacker built.

Hi Eric -

On the Cargo Mate website, I don't see exact trailer you mentioned . "Bumper-pull" V-Nose stacker"?

My only caution is for you to be certain a good weight-distributing (WD) hitch can be installed on the tongue of the trailer without major surgery to the front bodywork of the v-nose trailer. A WD hitch is required for any tongue weight (TW) more than 500 pounds, and your trailer is going to have a lot more TW than 500 pounds.

I would order the trailer from a Forest River dealer, and have the dealer guarantee that they can install one of the following (WD) hitches on the tongue of the trailer:

1] Blue Ox SwayPro

2] Equal-I-Zer (not an Equil-I-Zer clone or knock-off, but a real brand-name Equal-I-Zer)

3] Reese Strait-Line Trunnion bar with shank. Reese makes cheap hitches as well as the excellent Strait-Line, so be sure if you get a Reese that it is a Strait-Line. Also Reese makes the Strait-Line with either round bars or trunnion bars, and you want the trunnion bars. And Reese sells the Strait-Line both with and without the required adjustable shank, so be sure yours includes the shank. If you buy one without the shank, then you'll have to spend another ~$100 to buy the shank.

4] Husky CenterLine. That's the original Centerline, not the new cheaper CenterLine TS. It's sold in two parts, the head/ball mount, and the spring bars.

The trailer you described will probably have GVWR of around 10,000 pounds, with wet and loaded tongue weight (TW) over 1,200 pounds. So be sure your receiver is rated for at least 1,200 pounds TW with a WD hitch, and be sure the spring bars on your WD hitch are rated for at least as much as the maximum wet and loaded TW you might have.

I see lots of folks with a 40-foot diesel pusher and dragging a stacker trailer painted up to match the MH. Great looking rigs! I'm sure your friends with stacker trailers will caution you to keep the weight centered as low as possible. Put the lightest car on the lift, and leave the heavier vehicle for the bottom. You don't want to tow a top-heavy trailer.

[Green D]

Thanks for the info guys!

The v nose is an option on the order, it can be added to any model.

I am also dealing on an ATC stacker order, they have the best escape door
and a great new in house built tilting lift. Just a few bucks more
Eric

[Dale70]

I looked at these briefly to carry a boat over a car.

The other item I saw to be aware of if you should get one (besides the obvious weight and length) is that they are often TALLER than the RV -- you will have to watch overhead clearance carefully.

thx Dale