Wish i would have had that much help!We have 4 guys working on this thing.
What I keep reading is 60/40 for the weight distribution on the trailer building forums I am frequenting. I hope we can get our hands on some scales for a weekend.Starting from the rear,
Its 6' from the bumper to the center of the rear axle. I did not measure between the two axles.
Its 8' from the center of the front axle to the front of the box. Also from the center of the front axle to the old coupler was 12'
Now its pretty close to 18' from the center of the front axle to the new extended tongue.
It pulls much better now but still not what I want. I am gonna blame this on the tires being junk.
I'm gonna go with at least a 12 ply low profile trailer tire and see what happens. I think thats gonna do the trick.
But if not then I will have to look into replacing the springs.
One of these days I will get around to stopping at a scale and see what it all weighs.
Now that I have a little extra space up front I think I will make it a small deck area for coolers and other stuff that wont hurt to get wet. And if I ever get a golf cart I will haul it right up there.
This sucker is just a little bigger then your average smoker trailer. I'll try and take a pic tomorrow so that the measurements make sense.
Coming along nicely.
Wish i would have had that much help!
I could have finished sooner than 79 days
still
My trailer is experience is pretty minimal aside from moving, towing my Heep, and towing other buddy's crap piles. But the 60/40 rule seems about right when I consider my own towing experiences.If I ever build another full on trailer build like my current one, I will have NO more then 4' from the center of the rear axle to the tail end of the trailer. If it ended up weighing over 1100lbs on the tongue I'll just have to build it as a gooseneck.
What I have been going thru with this current build has been he!!. Now I get to splurge on some load range G tires for it so that I can make sure that tire roll is not a factor.
I just looked at 4 trailers that different buddies have and they all have the axles set further to the rear then on a normal trailer.
Of course all of us have our smokers at the rear, go figure.
There is a method to use bath scales, a 4x4, and a fulcrum point along with some math to get your weight at each corner.
Four buddies= four scales. LOL