Mary K wrote:But who does the Pink Flamingo belong too???:thinking:
You got all that trailer, you should consider a standy. Getting dressed standing up is so much easier. Trust me.
Is that the correct location? With the wheels and all??
Regardless, I do like the profile.
Mk
PaulC wrote:Whoa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Slow down everybody. The general rule of thumb is 10% of Total bodyweight as the ideal tongue weight. I predict this will make his ideal tongue weight around the 400 pounds plus, if he continues along these lines. If Ivar is serious about building this, the Mother of all Td's, his main aim is to balance his build around that centre tandem axle. Then he can adjust his frontal loading and build to give a nominal tongue weight that his tow vehicle can handle.
Andrew can probably confirm, or destroy this, but I think you'll find that you are all barking in wrong direction.
Cheers
Paul
PS slightly different rules apply when you start using tandem axle trailers.
PaulC wrote: If Ivar is serious about building this, the Mother of all Td's. . .
angib wrote:It seems to me the first thing to do is to haul that trailer down a weighbridge and find out what it weighs, as it is now - it looks heavy, but then there's quite a few bits, like the cross-members, that are just flanged sheet and could be quite light.
If they'll let you, weighing it complete standing on its prop stand and then weighing just the axles with the prop stand off the weighbridge would be useful as that would tell you what the hitch weight is now...
brian_bp wrote:..........It might be cool if the front corners of the deck folded over, so the deck could run very close to the tug in use, but fold out of the way for towing to allow good turning angles.
brian_bp wrote:
It might be cool if the front corners of the deck folded over, so the deck could run very close to the tug in use, but fold out of the way for towing to allow good turning angles.
toypusher wrote:...I still don't understand why everone seems to think that the galley weight will be a problem. When camping, it will have stuff in it, but so will the front storage area. When not camping, it should not have any more weight than the sleeping area does. JMO
Ivar the Red wrote:brian_bp wrote:
It might be cool if the front corners of the deck folded over, so the deck could run very close to the tug in use, but fold out of the way for towing to allow good turning angles.
Please expand on this idea.
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