Re: car trailers

["J. Michael Daugherty" <jmdaugh@domain.elided>]

>Date: Fri, 20 Feb 98 16:48:32 -0800
>From: <hofs@domain.elided>
>Subject: Re: ihc-digest V5 #202

>Proper setup is so damn important as you pointed out several times there, 
>Jim. I have a car trailer with dual axles and electric brakes, in 
>addition to an equalizer hitch. That trailer with a car on board feels 
>much less secure than my house trailer which weighs as least as much. 
>Maybe the center of gravity is different with a car up on top of it??

John, as I reread your comments I see that you are using an equalizer hitch
- I missed that the first time.  I have wondered what the tongue weight ends
up being on the rental trailers.  They all appear to be set up to so the
vehicle has to be all the way to the front of the trailer to use their
tiedown system.  This might not be so critical when you rent a big truck
too.  I suppose you could back the vehicle on the trailer and see if that
changes the weight distribution...

J. Mike

jmdaugh@domain.elided