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Old 06-07-2012, 07:11 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by KamperBob View Post
Aero wise that rounded nose left from the horse trailer is about as good a start as you can get. You could build sides up to template. I'm not sure of the trip purpose or how much weight goes on that trailer. Seems like a lot of tongue weight. If one set of axles would suffice maybe remove the rear one for the trip. That would bring tongue weigh down. With a template shaped profile there would be more cargo space up front so the hitch might not be overloaded. Hard to say really. I feel like I'm missing a lot of context...
great idea Bob, or even better, remove the tires only. This will help shift weight off the tongue.

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