Question on Harbor Freight trailers

[crankshaft]

Following this same theme.. I was following a small trailer along a San Diego Freeway the other day. As you may know we've has a long rain spell and some large pot holes have appeared in our road system.

The trailer was over loaded with gravel and every time the trailer hit a pot hole I could see the left wheel and axel bend and getting closer to the cargo box. As luck would have it, the driver hit one pot hole too many and the axel bent to it's final position against the cargo box and blew the tire..luckily the driver was in the outside lane and was able to pull to the side of the road safely.

I guess the point is.. Some trailers are not meant to carry a lot of weight .

Did I mention that it looked like a harbor freight trailer with the small tires?

Good luck

Crankshaft in San Diego

[Georgeandpat]

Great....now I have to go out and buy 800 lbs of food! Kidding aside, your comments make a lot of sense to me and give me some assurance that the Harbor Freight springs should be okay. Thanks, George.

[Larwyn]

Great....now I have to go out and buy 800 lbs of food! Kidding aside, your comments make a lot of sense to me and give me some assurance that the Harbor Freight springs should be okay. Thanks, George.

No..!!! Make that 200 pounds of food, a few pounds of ice and make up the rest with Guinness....

[Doug]

I guess I'll buy the smaller HF trailer. Their 2000lb trailer is on sale for $299 and I was going to go get it but I'll just get the $1250 instead.

[GeorgeT]

I have a 1200 # HF trailer, and the total weight of the trailer is just under 1100 #. I have driven down roads where I felt my teeth coming out, but the trailer seemed smooth, and never shimmied side to side. And, when we arrived, nothing was misplaced or broken in the trailer.

How much air pressure do you run in your tires. I will have about the same weight on a 1200# HF trailer too. Thanks, George

[TonyCooper]

Great....now I have to go out and buy 800 lbs of food! Kidding aside, your comments make a lot of sense to me and give me some assurance that the Harbor Freight springs should be okay. Thanks, George.

Just remove a leaf from each spring set if it's too bouncy.

[bdosborn]

Just remove a leaf from each spring set if it's too bouncy.

Jeepers do this all the time. The shortest spring is the overload spring. If the trailer bounces too much, try taking it out.
Bruce

[An Ol Timer]

I have used air shocks on both cars and motorcycles in the past and it seems that a good combination would be a fairly soft, but adequate, spring that has an assist from an air shock. This allows for adjustment in the changes in load weight. Just a thought.