I have to echo this because I see so many people driving our roads with trailers that are really badly balanced. It doesn't matter how you situate the vehicle in the trailer, what matters is the balance and keeping the majority of the weight over the axles. The goal should be attaining an appropriate tongue weight. Too much or too little weight at the tongue will be unstable and can cause your rig to fish tail and wander, not to mention the overall braking can be compromised significantly. I should mention though that if you have problems balancing a load, it's safer to place the weight on the tongue than hang it over the rear of the trailer.
Ryan Hill To: jymopar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; mwl1967@xxxxxxx; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx From: millserat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 10:53:40 -0600 Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Trailer Size?
Weight issue depends on where your axles are - you want most of the weight on trailer axles - not on tow vehicle, especially with a bumper pull trailer (yes even if you have a frame hitch its commonly called a "bumper pull" trailer) . Yes you need some weight on tow vehicle - but not that much - see your owners manual as to max vertical load - it will be in the hundreds of pounds unless you have a big pickup - in which case I would definitely go with a goose-neck setup instead of a bumper pull. Incredible the difference in maneuverability and stability.
On 3/5/2014 10:26 AM, Jean-Yves wrote:
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