<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">My trailer is a home made job, but not built by me. It weighs 800 pounds empty and has NO springs. The tire sidewalls are the only suspension compliance. The axle is an old 6 lug truck front axle cut in half and widened. Works great! I've towed it thousands of miles with no issues. :-)<div><br></div><div>Rick</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:F4C384EF-9D33-4BCB-B390-266F52788FE5"><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my keyboard</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 19, 2020, at 12:59 PM, Bob Kitterer via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">Lester<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Do not know if I can answer your question but can share some experience.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am assuming you want to carry your Sprite; the trailer is 20 ft or less.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Then the trailer weighs about 2,000 lbs or more.</div><div class="">If you are carrying you Sprite with a few other items that is about another 2,000 lbs.</div><div class="">So to have a safety margin the axel assembly including the springs should have a rating of 6,000 lbs</div><div class="">Also you should be using trailer tires not automotive tires.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I always figured my car was worth more to me and would cost more to fix than a trailer. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The photos below was my first trailer which was 14 ft in length and I bought it used. The prior owner had made modifications to the interior and some additional storage compartments like an almost full width diamond plate SS compartment about 12 inches deep and 14 inches wide so I think the trailer dry weight was more like 3,000 lbs.</div><div class="">This accident was the result on one wheel falling into a large chuck hole hidden by tall grass.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Bob Kitterer<br class=""><br class="">1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)<br class="">1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes<br class="">2013 Miata</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">2017 Mazda CX9<br class=""><br class="">Pay it forward.<br class="">Thanks Frank</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><Trailer Damage1 980714.jpeg></div><div><Trailer Damage2 980714.jpeg></div><div><Trailer Damage3 980714.jpeg></div><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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