ktnc30 wrote:Will have to draw it out with wheel in front of rear door, maybe shelves in middle facing front/rear so feet in each compartment face each other. Worried about enough room for small kitchen though with door so far back. Are not some towed boats longer with probably more weight on front? What if you build light? Definitely couldn’t put any camping supplies in front part for stowage when towing.
Have better drawing, just haven’t scanned it yet. Just did rough to give folks idea of what I would be asking.
It all really depends on the weight distribution and where you have the heavy stuff. It’s like a teeter-totter The further away from the axle (the balance point) your weight is the more moment it applies about this point. So 20 Lb applied 100 inches away is the same as 200 Lb applied 10 inches away. This is one reason traditional tears look a little mis-loaded to most folks. They don’t realize all of that heavy stuff in the kitchen is balancing the rest of the trailer which hasn’t got much in it.
The balance spreadsheet in the design library will help you determine where to put the axle -- it’s not a matter of what looks good, but what balances. In the end you want between 10 and 20% on the tongue. You could also wait until the end to do the final mounting of the axle until the last (several people have done that), but I’d think you’d at least want an idea where everything will be and you can get that using the spreadsheet. Don’t lest it scare you and you’ll probably have a bit of time invested in it, but don’t let that stop you – there are plenty of folks to help out with that including the TD guru himself (Andrew G.)
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:53 pm
