Gdetrailer wrote:
Your "engineer" is an idiot.
I agree. It sounds pretty scary and potentially very dangerous. It's wrong for a number of reasons. I'm a registered professional engineer and haven't seen what's been done, but I can't imagine what kind of an engineer would think that is okay.
I would not tow that thing anywhere on a public road with the Harley on the rack. If you want to weight the tongue for interest, do it in the driveway with a Sherline scale or the bathroom scale method.
It would be interesting to see some photos.