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FEDs on trailers

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FEDNV:
This is how we roll our FED to the track.  Trailer came with the chassis when I bought it but have done some upgrades.  You do get a lot of thumbs up when going to the track.

probird:
I noticed all the trailers use 1 set of wheels.
would it not be smoother for the bouncy fed if it were tandem?
Just thinking?

PSweeney:
no way would I be towing a single axle with the car on forwards, all the weight is over the back end of the trailer which makes it tail happy. 

gasserx:
Would probably be better to back her up on there, and maybe relocated the axle on the trailer. But i still like the idea of an open trailer :)

Btw; was looking at a really nice homemade trailer this weekend, they used an old caravan chassis (similar to the one i was looking at), boogie axles, and enclosed. They built it out of waterproof plywood. They got a sponsor for the plywood, so all in all they paid only $1000 for it ready to go.
I forgot to take a picture of it. But they used it for a RED slightly longer than my car.

rooman:

--- Quote from: PSweeney on August 19, 2014, 03:59:36 AM ---no way would I be towing a single axle with the car on forwards, all the weight is over the back end of the trailer which makes it tail happy.

--- End quote ---

Phil,
       if the trailer has the correct amount of weight on the hitch it will tow great with the wheels that far back. It is all about the balance of the trailer, the only time that it would be "tail happy" would be if you are drifting it around corners (and even then having the wheels that far back would make that fun as you would be able to hang it way out. Oops, forgot that you have those narrow roads over there  :)

Roo

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