Effect of weight in rear of 5er
Is there any estimating rationale for determining how much effect adding weight BEHIND the rear axles of a 5er has on the pin weight? I would imagine it's perhaps close to 1:1, but not sure. My fr...
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As long as it's close to the axles, likely won't have any noticeable impact.
But:
- Take the distance from the center point of the axles (combined no matter the number of axles) to both pin and center of water tank.
- Divide water tank distance by pin distance.
- Multiply that by the extra water weight.
You can do this for any weight added to the trailer (works for bumper pull trailers also just replace pin with the ball socket distance)
But:
- Take the distance from the center point of the axles (combined no matter the number of axles) to both pin and center of water tank.
- Divide water tank distance by pin distance.
- Multiply that by the extra water weight.
You can do this for any weight added to the trailer (works for bumper pull trailers also just replace pin with the ball socket distance)
