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Old 04-30-2019, 12:19 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Angel And The Wolf View Post
You guys have helped me a lot. I've abandoned the telescoping tongue, and will now modify the main body of the Harbor Freight trailer to better fit the X-Cargo 20 Cu. Ft. carrier, I will splice in a couple of 24 inch pieces of angle iron to add 19 inches to the main frame. Relocating the axle to possibly gain a longer WB for stability.I will possibly use some gap filling sliders ahead of the carrier to smooth the airflow. The first picture is the stock frame illustrating the hangover that I dislike, and the second picture is the frame stretched 19 inches.
I think that's a great idea.

For rebuild version 1 of my 4x8 trailer I had the wheels pretty far back. Nearly 6 feet back on an 8 foot trailer deck. It rode great. The idea was I would tow it with my suburban so if there was 500 lb of tongue weight, no problem. Just load it fast and slopy, no problem.
Then for version 2, it was being mostly car towed so I put the axle between 1/2 and 2/3 the way under the length of the deck to better control tongue weight. Now if I don't load it correctly I get trailer sway really bad.

With that setup I would be surprised if you saw a 10% fuel economy hit.
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