Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

OK... so I got my trailer and just stripped it down. It appears to be an old pop-up camper trailer with a drop axel? Yeah... no idea what the axel means, i'm learning from Google and YouTube (and all of you!) as I go. How can I tell what the axel is capable of? The tongue says rated for 3500 but no clue if that was added the trailer or is actually from this trailer. I would like to be able to put bigger wheels and bigger tires on it but don't know how to tell if it can handle it? I know to put bigger wheels I'd have to replace the hubs. Is that worth it? It currently has 4 lug, 13 inch wheels. New tires is a given. I appreciate all the info you guys can offer. I do have some design ideas ready. Includes building a storage base and builidng the sleeping area over the tires (leaving plenty of room for the tires).

Melle.17, Howdy; (Also posted in Trailer and Chassis Secrets)

Can not give you any experience related advise but here's a link to the as is said, the Horse's mouth.

https://www.dexteraxle.com/home

Lots of tech. stuff there also a good amount of how to as well. Try it, ... you'll like it.

hank

A lot of axles will have a sticker on them with a part number or serial number you can use to find its limits. Once on a new trailer I had to scratch off some over sprayed undercoating to find it, so it may not be obvious. You may have some luck finding a part number on an axle component.. Once I found the specs on a Lippert axle by calling them with the PN for the part number for the drop flange that is welded to the axle. Good luck!

Those look like torsion axles from the pictures which are different than drop axles and do not use leaf springs?