[Shop-talk] Fw: car hauler advise needed

[David Hillman]

On Sat, 23 Jun 2012, John Niolon wrote:
> got to thinking... if I pull my truck on the trailer most of the weight will
> be well forward of the axles. guessing my truck will be in the 3600-3800 range
> with the 460 and probably 80% of the weight forward of the trailer axles...
> that seems a little heavy on the front of the trailer and will put too much
> tongue weight out there... look at the sketches below and tell me what you
> think..  this is above my paygrade on math

    Is there a good reason you can't back the truck onto the trailer?  I 
had the opposite problem with a 16' box trailer I used to have, and my 
mid-engined racecar.  It was a lot more stable if I backed the racecar 
into the trailer and gave it a little more tongue weight... so that's what 
I did.

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  David Hillman