On Aug 3, 1:11 pm, mel...@gmail.com wrote:

Can you buy some extra life insurance and list me as the beneficiary?

I could use a little extra money.

It can be done, and I'd say there's not much margin for error, especially if
you're wrong about the trailer weight.  Experience really helps, and you
have none, so that's bad. Trailers have this magic about them that causes
wrecks.  It's hard to explain what causes it on USENET, but there are
dynamics involved that are surprising, and they don't end until you slow
down or you wreck.  If you look for trailer wreck photos on the internet,
you'll see what I mean.  They're just wild. A lot of times the trailer goes
over the guardrail first, and the tow vehicle is pulled over the rail by the
hitch.  Just look for some photos and you'll see.

But anyway, to asnwer your question:  The weight is no problem, in my
opinion.  Some arrangements of 3700 lbs will be very easy to control, and
some will be impossible to control.  Experienced towers will know what I
mean.  You'll want to go good and slow until you figure out what it all
feels like.  The more that weight is concentrated in the middle of the
trailer, the easier it is to control its direction.   If the same weight is
spread out, it becomes harder to force it to turn.

You'll want about 400 lb on the hitch.  I'm sure you won't have a trailer
scale, so make darn sure the trucks squats a little when the trailer is on.
Maybe 2 inches.  This will take weight off the front of the truck, and the
front wheels will slide in an emergency.  You'll just have to live with
that.  Don't get in an emergency.  That's how everybody else does it.  When
the center of gravity of the trailer is just in front of the axles,
resulting in slight weight on the hitch, trailer swaying will tend to dampen
itself a bit.  You may need that.