eagle24 wrote:I had not seen this. Thanks Tony! A lot of links I found didn't work, and a lot of the older threads no longer have active links to the pictures. One thing that has me baffled is the weight of some of the trailers. I really have a hard time seeing how my trailer will exceed 1200 lbs. I could be wrong, but I just can't see where the weight will come from. I braced my trailer this afternoon, before I saw your reply and this link. I'll post some pictures in a few days. I'm going out of town in the morning. I felt like my trailer was over built, but now I'm not sure.
Greg
My 5x8 trailer "chassis" was weighed empty and it came out at 330 lbs, no wood. 3/4 in plywood is about 75lbs per sheet ( 2.2 lbs per sqft), I've got about 137 sq ft between the sides, the floor and the cabinets in back, that's another 300 lbs. Add in the battery, the mattress. a tongue box, the roof , the spare tire I end up just shy of 900 lbs.
Now I add my clothes, food, cooler Ice, chairs, table, awning..... and I end up estimating that loaded I'm at about 1130 lbs. 1200 lbs will come pretty easy.