Saw this Harley on the back of a 5er yesterday

Winged One wrote:

frizzen wrote:

So half of the weight of your swivel wheel trailer and payload was on the tongue? Doesn't seem likely. The only way for that to happen would be if the wheels were at the rear end of the trialer or have the cargo way forward.
Double axles aren't a perfect fulcrum but the effective fulcrum isn't going to be far from the common anchor point for the leaf springs between the axles.

Not getting into your guys argument, but, the swivel wheel does put about half the weight on the tongue. The wheels are at the very end of the trailer. In fact they stick out the back a bit. This pic of mine shows that.



Plus, the manufacturer states about a 46% tongue weight:

Tongue weights will vary with the deck load as well as where the load is situated within the deck perimeter. The below example is with a HD Fat Boy loaded in the center of the deck into a locking wheel chock.Weights with HD Fat Boy Motorcycle (Single Wheel) HD Fat Boy Motorcycle (Centered) = 690 Lbs
System Weight = 404 Lbs

Weight at the system tire = 574 Lbs

Tongue Weight = 501 Lbs


Their math is a bit fuzzy, 1094 lbs versus 1075 lbs, but you get the idea.