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Originally Posted by pfznik
Why not have four wheels out at the corners, wagon style, so that the trailer could stand on its own with out landing gear. After all, small autos brought along behind motorhomes are towed four wheels down. Is there some simple dynamic reason why this is not a good idea (ie, reason manhole covers are round)? Am I missing something? Of course, front wheels (possibly rear as well) would have to pivot or be under a fifth wheel in order to track properly.
My reason for asking this is that by taking the vertical load off the hitch, opens the choice for guide vehicles to even even further (to smaller cars) since concerns added weight and weight distribution no longer exist.
Come to think of it, I guess the next thing would be to eliminate the physical connection between vehicles alltogether and communicate relative positions by radio or light waves. You could then lead your 32' trailer along with a moped. At a camp ground, you could stand by your trailer with electronic gear such as an radio control model enthusiest would use and fine tune your trailers parking.
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remember the OLD horse trailers with tires at all 4 corners? the front 2 turned with the hitch. no tongue weight, but having 2 different pivots makes it hard to back up (think of a semi hauling 2 trailers)
but i think it could work with a powered trailer. you could use just trailer power for backing up (have the rear trailer tires be the "powered" axle)
if you had a low speed controller, you could even move it around a little at camp, when detached from the tow rig.
but always remember, the tow rig may have to pull full braking duty if all this electronic stuff failed.......
hey, with all this work, just put a steering wheel and petals on the trailer, and tow your car with it
