Re: little red 4x8 trailer at Harbor Freight ... Does anybody know....
1. What's 4x8, the rectangular frame, or the overall size, hub to hub and tongue to back of frame?
2. Does it have leaf springs? It looks kind of like it has little black ones, in online photos, but it's kind of hard to tell. The only other kind of springs( or is suspension the proper term?) I know of is torsion, but I wouldn't know one of those if it bit me.
3. The weight capacity is 1720, apparently sufficient for a teardrop, but what about a small standy (6 x 8 or 6 x 10) built as sturdy but lightweight as possible. I've tried to estimate weights using info online, and it looks like the frame, plywood, fasteners, for floor, interior and exterior walls, roof and ceiling, and furniture would come to about 730 lbs. This does not include windows, door, plumbing, wiring, appliances, and camping gear. Experienced campers, it is realistice, or even possible, to keep all that under 1720 lbs? I know the vintage Shasta 1400 is named that because it weighed 1400 lbs without gear, so maybe it is.
4. When loaded to capacity, if it is getting close to the limit, but still below it, will that tiny axle, tiny springs and tiny wheels/tires hold up to highway towing for couple of hundred miles? What about several hundred miles, but with several stops to camp? These little trailers are evidently made to be utility trailers with a little box that can haul tree limbs and stuff to your local dump.... local meaning "not far away."
5. Is the 1720 limit just for towing, or all the time? When stopped to camp, my hubs and I would add over 300 lbs to the weight. I realize the trailer would be supported with jacks at all 4 corners. Would that be sufficient to handle it if the weight, while stopped, exceeds 1720?
Thanks for info/advice.