Kayteg1 wrote:
It can be done technically, but will sacrifice the safety.
Lately I was hauling garden sculptures on equipment trailer.
Whole trailer was probably in 8k range, but due to the load shape, the tongue was light.
I could not drive with it faster than 55mph as with any maneuver the trailer would start fishtailing.
That was with no extension, where extension is fishtailing amplifier.
Been there! :o
Picked up a load of 12' composite deck boards on my 8' utility trailer towed behind my 2-door jeep. I knew it would be light on the tongue (maybe 100 lb tongue weight). I'm guessing the trailer/load weighed 1,500 to 2,000 lbs (maybe more). When I hit 45 it got BAD squirrely. If I had tried to drive over 45, I would have lost it. Of course it was also raining, dark and Friday rush hour traffic. I made it 15 miles home driving 40 and I will never do that again.
