Toyhauler with single axle bad idea?
Since I can't locate a used 7x16 narrow track enclosed trailer close by, Iv been talking to featherlite about building me one. This trailer is replacing my sold 24' featherlite toyhauler because it w...
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Bedlam wrote:
It's harder to keep balanced on a single axle teeter totter and the longer the platform the more sensitive it is. You will want to centralize the most mass over the axles with slight bias to the front (this how Euro trailers are built). If you're not worried about tongue weight, try to get the axle shifted farther back than normal (like a toy hauler verses travel trailer) so different loads don't unload the tongue too much.
Im towing with a 1997 3/4 ton cummins 5 speed so tongue weight isn't to much of a issue even with a extended tongue and 50 gallon water tank on it.
Another single axle con would be the 16" tires I currently run on my truck have a load capacity of 3400# which doesn't leave me much redundancy with a target weight of 6000#. If the trailer was tipped 10 degrees, this might over load and blow out the tire causing a roll over.
