2nd gen weight bias?

[ragtop69gs]

Does anyone have an idea of the weight bias of a 2nd gen venture? I'm going to be loading my bike and our Saturn Sky Redline on my 21 foot car trailer and am trying to decide if I put the bike or car on first to get close to a good tongue weight.

[Freebird]

Specs say 807 lbs. dry weight. 

[ragtop69gs]

That's dry weight, curb weight is 869 if i remember correctly.  What I'm looking for is how much of that weight is on each wheel.

[Marcarl]

My guess is that there would be slightly more on the front than on the rear.

[RDawson]

Will they fit nose to tail in 21’? My RSV takes a 9’ trailer if it has a ramp gate to clear the body. 

[ragtop69gs]

56 minutes ago, RDawson said:

Will they fit nose to tail in 21’? My RSV takes a 9’ trailer if it has a ramp gate to clear the body. 

The bike and car will just fit if the bike is straight on the trailer, with the bike at a slight angle it fits with out the tour pack hanging over the end of the trailer.

[RDawson]

You’ve piqued my curiosity. Let us know how it balances out. Maybe a betting pool, I’m guessing car backed on with bike behind it. 

[vzuden]

Curious also but if the car is front engine, and driven on nose first,  I would suspect the weight the engine would offset the bike on the rear

Edited 21 hours ago by vzuden

[ragtop69gs]

The car 2990# is a little nose heavy so I'm hoping the bike will take a little weight off the tounge. And the weight distribution hitch will take care of the rest.

[ragtop69gs]

Car, bike and trailer are 5393# plus a spare & jack

[bpate4home]

I would put the car weight over the axels.  Only towed a combo once though and it was a long time ago. 

[Argo]

Just my opinion from years of hauling cars, motorcycles, farm equipment etc.

I would put the bike on the front, possibly on an angle centered on the trailer, then the car nose forward as close as possible to the bike.

The bike on the rear would tend to bounce more than with it on the front.

When secured by the wheel/tire straps the car suspension will absorb this better than the bike.

The really important thing is to keep enough weight on the trailer tongue, otherwise you will have a fishtailing issue.

Argo