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Old 08-25-2008, 10:37 PM   #1
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At the rear of the Escape is a receiver. When I get to the camp site, and only for a short manoever, is it possible to insert a ball receiver and hook the back end of the trailer to the back end of the tow to place the trailer backwards on the site? Am I making a little sense here?
Of course, you'd only need to do this at a really crappy site where you couldn't just install the hitch wheel and turn it around by hand.

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Old 08-25-2008, 11:57 PM   #2
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Hi: Glenn... The view from here is BADD IDEA!!! The rear receiver may support the weight of a bike rack and bicycles...but not the whole trailer.
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Old 08-25-2008, 11:58 PM   #3
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At the rear of the Escape is a receiver. When I get to the camp site, and only for a short manoever, is it possible to insert a ball receiver and hook the back end of the trailer to the back end of the tow to place the trailer backwards on the site? Am I making a little sense here?
Of course, you'd only need to do this at a really crappy site where you couldn't just install the hitch wheel and turn it around by hand.

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Due to the downward weight on the front of the trailer, .... I'm afraid you will find that you will have a tremendous negative force (Lift) on the rear of the trailer, if you should attempt a rear coupling to your tow vehicle.

Not necessarily an impossible task, .... but I imagine a very uncomfortable one.

You would find that the tow vehicle has little, to no, traction coupled in this manner.
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Old 08-26-2008, 09:51 AM   #4
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M'thinks on of those two wheeled 'Bolor Strowlers' might work better. Two wheels works better than one.

You can customize them with larger diameter wheels and there's a motorized version too!!
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