I cut the tongue off the trailer last night, I cut about 20in off. Now it is 35in from where it meets the bottom of the arc to the center of the ball.
The trailer weighs in at 1220lbs. That is fully equipped but without food & drink, sheets & pillows, and chairs & tents.
.5 X 1220 X 35 = 21,350
The strength od 2 X 2 X 1/8 tubing is 15,600 so I'm at 73% of Aussie required strength. Just eeking out a couple of percentage points over Dave. I guess you can say that I'm at 1 Dave tongue strength.
I just fear that I may have cut off too much. I want to be able to open the car's hatch with the trailer attached. It is difficult to verify since the car is at the body shop. Since I was so used to the long tongue, the short one looks funny to me.
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