Another trailer question (not mine!)

[bigegg]

This just popped up on the Volvo FB page:

'How do i make the car ride higher with the trailer on?'

 

[8ob]

Get a trailer with the wheels in the right place

Bob

 

[bigegg]

Get a trailer with the wheels in the right place

Bob

Get a driver with the brain in the right place.

 

[bourbon]

WTF is the noseweight gonna be on that!

 

[bigegg]

He says the boat weighs 600kgs

Add 100kgs for the trailer chassis not including running gear?
COG about halfway between hitch + axle, so 350kgs

I reckon it would last to first bump, then either bend or snap the trailer chassis, or rip the towbar off the car.

 

[voipio]

Just use the jockey wheel to make the ride higher!!

 

[Wallace]

I bet reversing is fun.

 

[Agrismith]

I bet reversing is fun.

Actually it should be very easy to reverse
The longer between the tow hitch and the axle the easier
Like wise the shorter the distance between rear axle of tow vehicle and tow hitch the easier and the shorter the tow vehicles wheelbase the easier

 

[bigegg]

Actually it should be very easy to reverse
The longer between the tow hitch and the axle the easier
Like wise the shorter the distance between rear axle of tow vehicle and tow hitch the easier and the shorter the tow vehicles wheelbase the easier

Not when the towbar is digging up the road.

 

[tom2207]

Ive seen shorter wheel basses than that on a 5th wheel .

 

[8ob]

I am not so sure about the longer wheelbase trailers being easier, just chopped a load of length off ours that has the axle at the very back. Zero turn in when reversing and you need to swing soooooooooooooooooo wide on bends , left turns and roundabouts to keep it out of the scenery.

 

[brightspark]

This just popped up on the Volvo FB page:

'How do i make the car ride higher with the trailer on?'

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move the axle forward till theres just about half a sack of spuds weight on the towbar .will be easier to reverse as well

 

[pedrobedro]

I am not so sure about the longer wheelbase trailers being easier,

Get in a unit and shunt a 28' trailer then a 40'. I used to sheet and shunt trailers before they all went to larger curtain sides and the short trailers react a lot quicker to inputs from the steering making them harder to get into bays for loading. Power steering was also a big boon when we got a new unit.

 

[8ob]

Get in a unit and shunt a 28' trailer then a 40'. I used to sheet and shunt trailers before they all went to larger curtain sides and the short trailers react a lot quicker to inputs from the steering making them harder to get into bays for loading. Power steering was also a big boon when we got a new unit.

Loading bays are a luxury I have to bend our gear into spots like this off narrow streets, 1" each side of those piers below That boat trailer is a pig, where the wheels were it would be the same as the normal place on a 50` trailer.

 

[Agrismith]

Get in a unit and shunt a 28' trailer then a 40'. I used to sheet and shunt trailers before they all went to larger curtain sides and the short trailers react a lot quicker to inputs from the steering making them harder to get into bays for loading. Power steering was also a big boon when we got a new unit.

Worst I have had is either a 750kg chipper on an 18t lorry or a 2.7t ifor on a 26t beaver tail with the towball right at the back of the back of the body

 

[bigegg]

Worst I have had is either a 750kg chipper on an 18t lorry or a 2.7t ifor on a 26t beaver tail with the towball right at the back of the back of the body

Worst i've ever had for reversing was a tiny little b&q erde trailer on the back of an omega estate.
>1° change on the steering wheel, and more than 2mph and instant jack knife.

 

[Wany]

I've got a lover crease in the back bumper of my FRV from the little Erde I've got. I can reverse a 3.5T lorry through a housing estate path with a trailer with a small tractor on but the Erde hates me.

 

[brightspark]

my new van hasn't a centre mirror and the trailer isn't as wide as the van so cant be seen when reversing have to zigzag it so it can be seen. when I get round to it put some of them rubber reflectors on it sticking out to make it easier

 

[carbon]

you need to swing soooooooooooooooooo wide on bends , left turns and roundabouts to keep it out of the scenery

I have something similar even though the axles not right at the back, as you say mini roundabouts can be interesting and I can be on the wrong side of the road when exiting one in particular as it has a high kerb to stop artics mounting the pavement

 

[Agrismith]

my new van hasn't a centre mirror and the trailer isn't as wide as the van so cant be seen when reversing have to zigzag it so it can be seen. when I get round to it put some of them rubber reflectors on it sticking out to make it easier

I find it easier in this situation to not bother trying to reverse in a straight line and instead pick a long curve to get to your final situation
Not always possible but with a bit of thought makes reversing small trailers a smoother experience as you keep the back corner in sight of the same wing mirror