Hauling wood on rear hitch

BurbMan wrote:
Hi there, good points on firewood. I know IN doesn't allow firewood in from other states. But back on topic, assuming you wanted to add storage to the back of your TT.

Here's how I added storage to the back of my trailer.

Regarding the weight transfer, your math is a little off. The "moment" or the force exterted, is equal to the weight x the distance to the fulcrum. In your case the fulcrum is the axles. You say your axles are 2/3 of the way back on the trailer....so the distance from the axles forward to the tongue is twice the distance from the axles back to the bumper. That means that 300 lbs added to the back will reduce tongue weight by 150 lbs, NOT 100.

Thanks for the link. Also very nice job on the platform. I had a suspicion that my math was a little off but nevertheless I did figure I had to take that weight in effect for reduction of tongue weight. As the camper sits right now after weighing the tongue weight I am at 14% tongue weight so I thought if I gave up even 150# of tongue weight I would still be at almost 12%. I think 300# is an exageration because I really don't haul that much fire wood.