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FEDs on trailers
rooman:
--- Quote from: probird on August 18, 2014, 11:09:02 AM ---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?
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If a single axle deal has the weight capacity it is probably better with a light race car/trailer package. Two axles mean more unsprung weight pounding up and down over any bumps and transmitting the shock to the racer car.
Roo
mfp-66:
mine on a open trailer. haven't got room to store a box trailer so when fed is in the garage, I store the trailer on its side beside the garage
PSweeney:
--- Quote from: rooman on August 19, 2014, 04:37:18 AM ---
--- 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.
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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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they still dance about Roo, I've got the T-Shirt on this one. Had a single axle with a slingshot on it get into a tank slapper at about 55mph due to the weight being over and behind the axle. I knew I was in trouble when I saw the race numbers on the side of my slingshot in my side mirror :(. I managed to get it stopped and crawl to a petrol station to put the car on backwards. I'm lucky it didn't jack knife on me. I added a stabilising bar after that which really helped with the single axle as they float about in ruts created by trucks and get blown about in the wind. After that I went to an old bus which took an altered in the back. Only problem with the bus was no passenger seating, so I had my pal sit in the altered for the journey to the track ;D. We now use a twin axle trailer as it costs nothing to run and tows great on our narrow "Ye Olde English" roads :D
rooman:
" Had a single axle with a slingshot on it get into a tank slapper at about 55mph due to the weight being over and behind the axle. " That is the key Phil, you need to have the axle far enough back to put some weight on the hitch. My dad towed caravans (travel trailers for the Yanks) for nearly 50 years and never had a problem because he always made sure that the package was balanced correctly.
Roo
DON:
It is recommended that the tongue weight be at least 10-15% of total weight .So get out a scale to remove any doubt .
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