Surge brakes vs electric
Howdy folks, I've been seriously considering a newer ultralight pop up like the Quicksilver 8 or 10 for my families camping needs. We are going to pull it with our Kia Sorento. My question is abo...
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Allworth wrote:
J,
Slightly off-topic, but you can double the life of your landscape trailer by converting the straight front frame to an "A" frame.
Get some 1.5"x1.5" A-36 steel angle and have your local welder install it from the front corners of the platform to a point about 8" behind the hitch. It doesn't have to be welded like a nuke submarine. Just a 1/4" bead dropped into the slots.
We have done this to both of our light trailers that didn't have it from the factory and the increased stiffness is remarkable.
Have fun out there.
This would be slightly off topic, since his trailer shown, already has an a frame style tongue. ALtho extending it a bit helps in backing in tight spots!
Marty
