Receiver hitch on rear of Harbor Freight trailer.
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 5:36 pm
I built a teardrop trailer on a 4x8 Harbor freight folding trailer frame. My design was a little flawed and I am in need of some insight from the seasoned teardrop builders here. I am using pretty much the whole trailer from the tounge to the rear bumper. I have have a storage box on the front with a 5000 btu window unit in it that I port the air into the camper. I also have a propane bottle for the stove and hot water and a I usually put my yeti cooler on top of the box. This is all outside the box of the trailer in the front. I was wondering if anyone had put any kind of rear receiver on the back of the trailer to put one of those cargo carriers on. If I had the cargo carrier I could put my yeti cooler and another cooler back thereto balance the weight. Currently I have about 240lbs of tounge weight without the yeti which is WAY to much. I am pushing over 300lbs with the loaded yeti. I tried moving the axle forward 5 inches and that dropped the weight to 160lbs tongue weight minus the yeti cooler. I was thinking if I moved the axle and put a rear basket for the cooler I would be good to go. Whatever I do I have to be able to move the basket so I can access my kitchen in the rear. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I attached a picture so tell me what you think.