R Keller wrote:Mike Schneider: still don't know what happened to the Baja Benroy. Perhaps part of it is that you have a torsion axle with, I believe, 6" trailing arms? The "axle" measurement should actually be at the spindle center when the trailer is loaded, since that is the axis around which the body rotates.
Total weight: 1,500 lbs.
Tongue weight (tongue steel, hitch, jack, chains, etc.): 70 lbs.
Remainder of body and chassis weight: 1,430 lbs.
main body length: 10 ft.
distance to hitch from front of body: 4 ft.
spindle center from rear of body: 42.5" (48.5" axle from rear minus 6" for trailing arm)
Making a simplifying assumption that the body and chassis weight is evenly distributed across the 10 foot body and that the tongue weight is centered on the 4' length in front of the body, I calculate a tongue weight of 256 lbs. Is that close to what it is?
Rik
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