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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / November 2005I'm Bbbbbbaaaaacccckkkkkkk
Howdy Fellers and Gals, Well after 2200 miles in 5 days dragging an 18 foot long, 6.15 foot wide, 6 feet tall wooden box on the trailer, I finally got back home about 8:45 last night. The trip was made at about 50 MPS because at anything faster than that, the trailer would get REAL wiggly when passed by a semi or on a road surface that was the least bit uneven. Other than taking for ever and my butt hurting after the first two days, the trip was pretty uneventful. Mom will be getting in tomorrow evening, so I've been unloading and getting her room set up all day today. It's GREAT to be back. I missed reading your folks posts.... OH! If anyone address any posts towards me in the past couple weeks, I didn't get it as I just deleted the entire 1400 odd posts rather than spend the next week trying to get caught up. Glenn  Signaturequondo omni flunkus moritati > Howdy Fellers and Gals, > > Well after 2200 miles in 5 days dragging an 18 foot long, 6.15 foot wide, 6 > feet tall wooden box on the trailer, I finally got back home about 8:45 last > night. The trip was made at about 50 MPS because at anything faster than At 50 miles per sec, why did it take 5 days? No wonder it got wiggly. I can't believe you drove that fast,that far! Seriously,you loaded the trailer wrong. You needed to move more weight to the front of the trailer to stabilize it. Same reason you always put a car on a trailer facing forward-engine weight in front. The majority of the weight was to the front of the trailer. That's what made me wonder it tended to be unstable. Would too much tongue weight cause anything like that? Glenn > I can't believe you drove that fast,that far! Seriously,you loaded the > trailer wrong. > You needed to move more weight to the front of the trailer to > stabilize it. > Same reason you always put a car on a trailer facing forward-engine > weight in front. > The majority of the weight was to the front of the trailer. That's what > made me wonder it tended to be unstable. Would too much tongue weight cause > anything like that? Yes. SignatureDave Lester Dave's Place Home of the Internationally Renowned Studebakers, 'Sheba and Goliath See pictures at www.davesplaceinc.com > > The majority of the weight was to the front of the trailer. That's what > > made me wonder it tended to be unstable. Would too much tongue weight [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > -- > Dave Lester I would think that any more than a hundred added pounds at the bumper would begin to affect stability, especially on a car.. JT >> > The majority of the weight was to the front of the trailer. That's >> > what [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I would think that any more than a hundred added pounds at the bumper > would begin to affect stability, especially on a car.. Rule of thumb in the RV world is 10% of the total trailer weight on the tongue. Paul Johnson Ah HA! Guess that "splanes" it then. >> The majority of the weight was to the front of the trailer. That's what >> made me wonder it tended to be unstable. Would too much tongue weight > cause >> anything like that? > > Yes. > Ah HA! Guess that "splanes" it then. When loading, pay close attention to the rear suspension on the tow vehicle. You want it to barely "squat" just below normal empty riding height. In other words, you want the rear springs only slightly compressed. If you have too much weight on the rear of the trailer, the trailer sway can attempt to "steer" the tow vehicle from the rear. Too much tongue weight results in poor steering control from the front. While completely different in nature, both problems end in the same result... potential loss of control. SignatureDave Lester Home of the Internationally Renowned 'Sheba and Goliath See pictures at www.davesplaceinc.com I used to aim at having the car squat abourt as much from the bella s it did fro ke standing on th hitch area. I weighed maybe 150 - 200 pounds during this period. A certain vendor, whom I won't name or initialize, bought the remains of my R1 GT and loaded it backwards on his trailer. We had an interesting ride down 101 'til we got a chance to adjust! Karl too much tongue weight means you need to be on top! |
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