I am going to be purchasing an enclosed 24' trailer within the next month and need a little education. I have a 35' Class A Motorhome and am wondering what I need to be looking for in a trailer. Reason I ask is cause I was driving to my Dentist appointment the other day and saw a guy with a High End Moho and an Extremely nice looking enclosed trailer and noticed that the side of his Moho was smashed in and so was the corner of his trailer. Wish I had my camera with me to take a photo but by the time I finished my appointment it was gone. It appeared that this guy had turned a corner to sharp and made contact with the Moho and trailer. I am just wondering if this is a common occurance and how to avoid besided the obvious turning to sharp. When buying an enclosed should I specify that it has a longer tongue? If so how long? Also I know of a nice V Nose trailer that is coming up for sale possibly within the time frame I am looking to buy and was wondering if these are problematic due to part of the V structure being built over the Tongue making it so that you would have less of a turn radius. Is this true or not. I really like the idea of the V Nose but I also don't want to run into problems down the road. Any tips, advice would be appreciated.....

What you are talking about is fairly common. I'll admit I've done it myself. It usually happens when you are backing up your trailer, although I have seen it happen to people when making a very sharp turning going forward, especially if they are going out a driveway that causes the coach to be on a different level than the trailer. Most enclosed trailer manufactures offer an "RV tongue", which is I think a foot longer than a regular tongue. This solves any issue of jacking your trailer going forward....however, nothing will solve the problem when going backwards except for the driver.

V-nose or flat nose doesn't really make a difference in turning. What matters is how far back the widest part of the face of the trailer from the end of the tongue.

I've got a moho and V-nose trailer. I report no problems at all. I can't turn sharp enough to hit the trailer going forward and would need to completely jackknife it sideways in reverse to hit the trailer. I have plenty of clearance when going thru an elevation change like a steep driveway. I say join the V-nose club.

I dont have a v-nose and have hit it twice, both while backing, both time my wifes fault. Both times about $1000. I used to get myself in stupid situations, now I just plan ahead and dont get myself into tight areas. I also have a camera on the motorhome and the back of the trailer that I can toggle back and forth with to keep an eye on how close it is. The v-nose really would not solve my problem, where the moho hits on mine is the angled part of the tonque anyway, not the box of the trailer.

Walt,
What is the length of the tongue on the trailer?

Thats a cool confession... And I do believe it was Lauries fault!!! Personally, I've taken out or tried to take out cement poles with my Moho FYI, cement poles always win! I bought my Moho from an old couple that had owned 8 Mohos over their years and he told me straight to my face YOU will make a mistake. Of course I didn't believe him. Good luck and may you be the exception!

4 feet I believe. The first time was on my SportTrailer and my Fleetwood DP, on that one, the front of a Sport Trailer box comes forward for about he first two meet and then slopes back to the roof. That design makes matters even worse since the forward most part of the box is a foot or so closer than a normal trailer box. Trailer was fine, just a small rub strip had to be replaced, DP cracked on the passenger side corner. Ugly.

The second time was on the Haulmark with the stacker. Bottom rear corner of the moho hits the rear edge of the tonque. So no damage to the trailer since it impacted the tonque only. Stainless steel lower corner of the moho was crunched. Ugly. And finding a stainless steel fabricator guy was a pain.

Main issue was I changed motorhomes and trailers monthly there for awhile so I was never 100% familiar with the characteristics of the rig. Since I have settled down with the rig changes I have this one figured out. I spent some time in a parking lot turning lock to lock and backing to get used to how far I could go and what it looked like in the mirrors and in the cameras.

Back-up Smash-up king right here! Jack-knife is easy if you get yourself in a bad situation, gas stations I'm not familiar with get me. Just make sure you can pull through where ever you go. Walk it first if you can.

My new V nose has a 5' tongue so I hope this helps the issue's you mention above.