Width and Length with Cargo Trailers and TC?
So, it looks like from reading cargo trailer specs that a 6 ft is 7'10" and 7, 8, or 8 1/2 cargo trailers are all 8'6". Is that what you've found, too? Did you go up or down in width and see an issu...
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Just by chance, I have a little experience with several different sized trailers. Widths and lengths, weights and colors too. But I digress.
We haul the bikes in a small 6x10. Its short wheel base reacts quickly to over corrections, and the narrowness requires a bit more attention to your senses when backing a long distance. It's probably the most difficult to park.
Our boat trailer has a longer wheel base, and is narrower. One just learns to wiggle a bit leading to the ramp; doesn't do you any good if you can't see where it's at in the water. And no, that is NOT what rear view cameras are for. Rule #1; if you aren't looking in your mirrors, you're going to hit something.
I've got a 7x16 we haul some. It's wide enough you can see the fenders. It's easy and painless. Long enough wheel base to make backing corrections smooth.
I probably tow the most with a 8+ x 28' with an extended tongue; a must have if you're going to jackknife and not hit the camper. The stretch makes it the easiest to back (like backing a regular semi trailer, shorter truck and longer trailer makes anyone look good :) ) But it's also a consideration while driving. My truck turns so tight, one can literally get the trailer 90 degrees when steering locked...while going forward. Makes one need to pay attention when cornering. And most trailers, for ease of access and use, are not great on ground clearance. So as they get longer, entrances, etc, become a factor. It's not a big deal, just something to be aware of.
So; no one here can help you with size, for what you need. But determining what you can live with, makes life easier or harder, what you're good at, comfortable with, and can afford, might help.
Storage? bigger is always better. Fuel economy, well, smaller. Driving and backing? Mid length and wide enough to see probably the easiest. Best deal period? a trailer your friend buys for you.
We haul the bikes in a small 6x10. Its short wheel base reacts quickly to over corrections, and the narrowness requires a bit more attention to your senses when backing a long distance. It's probably the most difficult to park.
Our boat trailer has a longer wheel base, and is narrower. One just learns to wiggle a bit leading to the ramp; doesn't do you any good if you can't see where it's at in the water. And no, that is NOT what rear view cameras are for. Rule #1; if you aren't looking in your mirrors, you're going to hit something.
I've got a 7x16 we haul some. It's wide enough you can see the fenders. It's easy and painless. Long enough wheel base to make backing corrections smooth.
I probably tow the most with a 8+ x 28' with an extended tongue; a must have if you're going to jackknife and not hit the camper. The stretch makes it the easiest to back (like backing a regular semi trailer, shorter truck and longer trailer makes anyone look good :) ) But it's also a consideration while driving. My truck turns so tight, one can literally get the trailer 90 degrees when steering locked...while going forward. Makes one need to pay attention when cornering. And most trailers, for ease of access and use, are not great on ground clearance. So as they get longer, entrances, etc, become a factor. It's not a big deal, just something to be aware of.
So; no one here can help you with size, for what you need. But determining what you can live with, makes life easier or harder, what you're good at, comfortable with, and can afford, might help.
Storage? bigger is always better. Fuel economy, well, smaller. Driving and backing? Mid length and wide enough to see probably the easiest. Best deal period? a trailer your friend buys for you.
