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Old September 10th 18, 08:52 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Car/Truck to pull glider trailer

On Monday, September 10, 2018 at 9:48:11 AM UTC-7, Dan Daly wrote:
Sorry for jumping in late to this thread ... is a class II hitch sufficient (assuming glider/trailer less than 2,000 lbs? Appreciate any advice. Jim


https://www.autoanything.com/towing/...tch-class.aspx

Many of our club members use Class I.


According to this, a Class II is comfortably ok:

https://www.drawtite-hitches.com/lea...towing-classes

I would not recommend a Class I, even if it technically met the specs (less than 2000 lb and less than 200 lb tongue weight). The reason is the length of the trailer - winds can increase the load seen by the hitch quite substantially.

Tom