wondering

[rrbenn]

We want to go to Texas and Arizona and are wondering if our Whitehawk is built soloid enough to go cross country?

[oldmanAZ]

Do you mean 'cross country' on paved roads or ???

[rrbenn]

Yes just on regular paved roads. It just doesn't seem like its built strong enough for long distances.

[RedHorse1]

I would think so. Our first TT was an X23B (Hybrid) which was pretty lightly built and in the 2 years we owned it put a bit over 8k miles. Our longest trip was just shy of 2k miles and we had 5 trips that ranged from 700 to 1100 miles.
My point of worry was (and is) tires and wheel bearings.
I compare a TT to a boat or airplane, they are constantly needing some form of maintenance. If you keep up with its needs it will be pretty reliable.

[milw156]

We put nearly 10,000 miles in 2 years with a 28DSBH. Absolutely no concern with the longevity of the trailer.

[JMack]

We've hauled our White Hawk from San Antonio to Las Cruces, NM 2x now without any issues. X2 what RedHorse1 said...tires & wheel bearings + keep speed down. We just had wheel bearings re-packed (have had trailer for just over 1 year). Plan to upgrade tires this year as well.

[Murff]

rrbenn, My wife and I towed our White Hawk 20MRB from Seattle to eastern Ohio and back last summer inside of three weeks, about 6000 miles. The White Hawk is built strong enough!

Murff

[ttavasc]

I'd also agree with RedHorse1 - especially as we have a single-axle light-weight unit. Tires - fanatical about the pressure - check every day before heading out when traveling - sometimes more if the days travel includes any significant elevation gain/loss. And heat - I always like to check the tires and the wheels every time we pull in for a fuel up or a rest break. Figure out what the normal tire and wheel temps are and then pay attention to them. Given how relatively inexpensive an IR gun is nowadays that will probably get added to the tool kit for the upcoming season. And figure out what the best speed is for your combination and then stick with it. For us it's 62.

We bought the unit to go places with and my feeling is that properly maintained it should be up to the task. We put almost 4K miles on the unit last season including a southern Utah trip that was about 2400 miles over 9 days. We have two more of those to book-end the upcoming season so will probably be close to 6K miles by the time we are done in the fall. I'm also having the wheel bearings repacked next month just prior to our first trip out (and I carry a spare pair in the tool box).

Good luck, enjoy the travel and Happy Camping...

[TWP723]

Shouldn't be a problem.

[robkelly]

Agree with everyone too. We had over 11k miles on our WH in the two years we owned her and never had any issues. Repacked the wheel bearing at the end of each season and monitored tire pressure religiously.

[DocBrown]

Should be fine. We took our old '03 Kiwi 17a, a lightweight hybrid, on 2 long trips, one almost 6k total miles, the other a bit over 3k miles. We had that trailer for 10 years and aside from faded decals it was like new when we traded it. We took our current X20E, also a lightweight, on an 1800 mile trip last Sept.

[owenssailor]

Our 2011 Jayfeather 28U ultralight is similar to the Jayco White Hawk 27RLS. We have taken our trailer round trips from Ontario to the Atlantic Provinces, Florida, Los Angeles, San Diago and we are now in Quartzite. Total is well over 35000 miles.

Tires and bearings do need to be kept in good shape.

You should have no issue with the trailer handling the trip you are looking at.

[DJL1967]

We have taken our 28DSBH from Ontario to PEI then all the way to Vancouver Island and back to Ontario. So far I have 17,000 kms on it and as previous posters mentioned just do routine bearing, brake and suspension maintenance and you will be fine. I did have the nylon suspension bushings replaced with brass as the nylon wore out after our first season. The brass bushings have grease fittings so they should last a lot longer.

[Jagiven]

What everyone else said.

We probably have well over 10K miles on our htt

[Golds]

I was concerned about tire pressure and temperature while traveling and the possibility of a blowout so I bought a Tire Monitor System. I figured it was a great investment because one blowout will do a lot more damage than the cost of the system. I bought mine on Ebay for $210 last summer but I think there is a new version out. Here is what I bought, but it wasn't through this vendor, Tireminder TPMS with 4 Transmitters and A Hard Wired Signal Booster TMG400C 4B | eBay Camping World sells the newer ones for a lot more. I also think they are sold on Amazon.

I really like the system and it has worked great every time. I did not install the booster because my camper is only 25' and was not necessary. I like that it continually monitors the temperature and pressure of every tire and if it senses any sign of a pending blowout it sets off an alarm.