[Shop-talk] trailer advice needed

[Doug Braun]

I see your point about overloading:  If you take
a car with 4 wheels of a certain size, and put it on a
trailer with 2 wheels of a smaller size, you could
have a problem...

Doug


--- David Scheidt <dmscheidt at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Trailers (particularly boat
> trailers) are often
> abused.  It's very common to find trailers that are
> seriously
> overloaded.  It's normal trailer practice to use
> tire/wheel
> combinations that are exactly the weight rating of
> the axle.  Over
> load the trailer ten percent, and the tires get very
> hot, and one will
> blowout.