Re: O/T How long should a trailor tongue be??

Posted by T_Bone on September 06, 2006 at 00:48:21 from (4.240.42.239):

In Reply to: O/T How long should a trailor tongue be?? posted by old on September 05, 2006 at 16:50:43:

Hi old,

The tongue length is determind by the vehicle width with clearnce when the trailer is jack-knifed to the bumper so trailer doesn't hit the tow vehicle. That's is usually 3ft-6" from the center of pin to the front cross beam of the trailer frame.

To locate the axles:
From the center of pin to the center line of axle(s) is 66% of over all trailer length. This works well for most tag trailers with most tow vehicles.

If you want a great pulling trailer then use a long pin to axle center line, in the 70% to 75% range however a 1/2 ton or mid-size SUV conuldn't pull the trailer because of to much tongue weight that would overload the tow vehicle axle. Load weight could be placed to compensate for some of the extra weight.

Using this longer distance makes for a very stable pulling trailer and is very difficult to introduce trailer sway by improper loadweight placement.

T_Bone

Replies:

• Re: O/T How long should a trailor tongue be?? massey333 05:09:45 09/06/06 (1)
  • Re: O/T How long should a trailor tongue be?? T_Bone 15:37:37 09/06/06 (0)

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