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Trailer weight distribution
Mar 23, 2018 8:57 PM
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mfitz112358101
And imagine this scenario without a giant arm to save you <:o
littlethingscount
I did this experiment in real life similar results plus life flashing before eyes.
YeetSauce87
Basically don't have OPs mom on the back of your trailer
casbott
So paint the front of the trailer red, right?
Zero3Quarter
Do they have one of these showing the benefit of fifth wheel vs trailer for pickups?!
zaxslash
Either that person’s hand is HUGE, or that is a model car. Either way this is fascinating.
guntech59
Weight distribution is important. I have seen a couple people learn this the hard way.
learnthethings
Both entertaining and informative, I like it!
criticallyacclaimedfuckwad
kaijuuGold
who fucken tows with a mustang
gcampbell13
I pretend im the latter when i pee
skimhaze
Now that I’ve seen the trailer, I can’t wait to watch the movie!
CrazyAnimal
Hey I currently work for uhaul
1972GTO
Too bad nobody renting a U-Haul gives a shit.
crimsomnia
Finally something to show my friends who won't believe me and complain I'm being bossy for wanting to load the trailer certain way.
deaduck46
That explains why you see towed boats getting out of control so often.
NoUserNamesLeftToChooseFrom
Ok. I’ll move forward then
vandammit98
No demonstration over the axles?
kevinbaken
Don't tow with a Mustang.
notified
Especially at a Cars and Coffee event... EerrrrBOOM
paranoidx
that too!
bigdaddyfatpants
Also in my experience if you ever have a trailer start swaying bad. Accel fast and it will straighten out. Slowing down makes it worse.
HiddenSanity
Yeah, speed up some with a quick acceleration, then start a gradual, controlled deceleration, pull over, fix your load.
bwsmithabc123
Is the toy car attached to something to keep it steering properly? Or is it steering itself like a badass?
HiddenSanity
It looks like a piece of string is attached to that hole at the front.
GravyEducation
Here I was being like "no let it crash, I wanna see"
HiddenSanity
Well, that speed wobble would probably build into flipping it over in spite of the string.
Gomario
Trailer wheel alignment is just as important !!! Twist the wheels a few deg to the outside and check again.
LSparkles
So boats should go in tail first is what I am gathering from this?
OtterlyMagnificent
If you look at a boat trailer, the axle is nearly at the tail already, because that motor is a significant portion of the weight. The 1/
OtterlyMagnificent
rest of the boat is fiberglass and aluminum, it hardly weighs anything comparatively, and so can rest more easily on the tongue. It's 2/
OtterlyMagnificent
really the camper trailers that tend to have these sort of weight imbalance issues. Or cargo trailers. 3/3
GUVMENTCHEEZE63
Something suspicious about the way she grabs that that rod
ShowingSPM
That was throughly interesting to watch
CongratsYouAreHereNow
It's all about leverage
Klaaism
Upvoted for promoting traffic AND load distributionsafety
isilzha
Also, un-intuitively, you start fishtailing like that, you SPEED UP until it stabilizes, then reduce speed slowly.
Bendmydickcuminhersnatch
I want to know what happens if the weight is on both side, and another with the weight in the middle
nigglemaster
Throughly? Thoroughly? Truly?
NotADodgeBallCannon
thororoughourly thougough
TallLightnHandsome
And educational!
molestmymonkey
Now I want to have sex in a car doing 100mph, fishtailing out of control! Now I want to have sex at all. Now I'm sad.
mbHogmountain2017
But I t’s more exciting with most of the trailer’s weight rear of the axle though!
evilpsych
Trailer weight needs to be biased ahead of the trailer axle. Typically 10-20% or more of the trailer capacity: always.
tuxedobob
How to load your trailer, by Snape.
brahmstalker
In this case the axle of the semi is way forward and there’s just the one, is this accurate or does it affect the outcome?
Kelryn42
Information unclear: put 120% of trailer capacity in front of axle and 100% behind. Got dick stuck in light socket.
evilpsych
Perhaps using a fork isn’t for you. Get this orc a spoon.
Kelryn42
Spoon stuck in gas tank, dick still in light socket, and trailer still broken.
jtb1313
So now imagine how much we were shitting ourselves when we re did the deck and the boards were so long that no matter what they overhung by
jtb1313
3 ft. I checked and there was 12 lbs of tongue weight
fataldistraction
Learned this in drivers ed... an endagered course nowdays
fataldistraction
The worst accident I've ever seen involved a trailer on a windy day... In fact most accidents I've passed there was a trailer :(
NotABadLookingNarcissist
As someone who frequently tours the US in a van/trailer...
fataldistraction
I give wide berth to them on the interstate... Weight distribution, improper hitching, insufficient tires for high speeds, poor inflation...
OtterlyMagnificent
I drive in Phoenix and the only trailers I'm NOT worried about are the ones on trucks driven by immigrant workers. They go full out to 1/
OtterlyMagnificent
do it the right way, everything licensed and working because (in all honesty) most of them aren't working legally here. It's the soccer 2/
tjf24
Its a ford mustang. That's why
Brainlard
Also the trailer is like hilariously overproportioned...
tuxedobob
Compared to what, a tractor?
Coyote8
It's to exaggerate the point and illustrate the importance of load balance very quickly.
Malleck
Ford. At least they circled the problem.
MLUdrea
Last American car company *shrugs* they at least did something right.
sharK11
First car company, ever
MLUdrea
You misunderstood; last company now to be solely American owned. But yes, first car company to mass produce.
JamesBonk
Ackshually Mustangs finally stopped using solid rear axles. Way back in... 2015 :P (Which is the 6th gen pictured here)
BreenW
Which is akin to saying we stopped burning woman at the stake for being a suspected witch by 2015. IE 2010 and still using solid?
JamesBonk
Well I don't think it's quite like burning women at the stake, but yes they used them way longer than they should have.
RandomAbscessMemories
It will utterly shock you to hear that a lot of mustang fans were really upset at that change too.
BetterCakeFarts
If your using a mustang to tow, you deserve the accident.
IshitOnWindshields
Track stuff
Coercivity
Towing Power: 4 tons; Towing Weight Capacity: 38lbs
jethroismaxbaer5772
My brother had a Dodge Charger with a hitch. Can't tell you how many times I hit my shin on it because who puts a hitch on a Charger?!
Tristanisawesome
When I moved to Australia I found that most cars, even small cars have tow hitches. It's weird and hilarious
ScicleX
You're*
BetterCakeFarts
Feel better?
SushiPooper
If you use a mustang you, are an accident.
mmmmfunnyy
If you, use a comma you are, an accident.
evilpsych
If you have load distributing hitch setup and electric trailering brakes it doesn’t matter if you use a Miata.
evilpsych
Although it helps on hills to have rear wheel drive
Jakethesnake357
*4 wheel drive
NeelboBaggins
A Mata is rear wheel drive.
evilpsych
I know, however lots of people tow with fwd like minivans
ghoulee
So we want it heavier in the front right? At least that’s what I gather..
MistressLyda
Same with backpacks. The heavy stuff close to your spine and/or low down.
Gomario
Just as important is proper wheel alignment. Most people don't care or even know that the trailer's wheels need to have the correct alignme.
barrettsmithbb
Balanced really, think of the weight shift when accelerating and decelerating. The height of the center of gravity is also important.
UnhipDruid
DON'T FORGET: Ball weight, The maximum weight you can have resting on the tow ball. We measure it here as 10% Max towing capacity.
ThatUserNameHasAlreadyBeenChosenAndIsNoLongerAvailableWHY
heavier between car and axis, not behind axis
Coerulea
Thismanneedsaname
Ideally balanced on the vehicle and load on the trailer wheels, not the hitch. Has to do with hitch weight capacity and handling
manicmalki
Yes please. Less motion in the front so less fish tailing.
BionicToad
No, the red things go in front.
simplifiedApocalypse
Nonono. We want it lighter at the back, clearly.
HankTheGreat
No, not really. Best case scenario is not to be hit by a giant hand.
captbananapants
Not if you want an interesting trip.
herpesfreesince93
If you're tired of life, yes
IShouldBeDoingHomeworkBut
Lets Go Buffalo
HiddenSanity
Yes, but at higher weights there can too much forward if you're not careful, always more than 60% forward, though.
ChuchMndOr
Center of gravoty people. Center of gravity.
Taihennami
From a technical point of view, tow vehicle has a trailer weight limit and a range of acceptable coupling weights. Respect them.
Taihennami
As a rule of thumb for an average car, you want the trailer to be nose-heavy to the extent that you can just pick it up with one hand.
frankcastlesgun
not exactly, you want the weight between the trailer tire and the hitch, this is a bad example cus not many trailers have tires that far fwd
Frakes
Never ever ever use a single axel trailer is what u should learn from this
mrnobody93
So OP's mom in the front
terrablesepller
don’t max out the trailer though
Thalarctos
Gotta pay attention to tongue weight too, most hitches have a specific tongue weight limit. This should be proportional to trailer's GVW.
yj4matt2
Tongue weight, within reason for the to vehicle, is good
YAMAHAMMER
Aim for balanced. Weight distribution hitches help too. Proper ride height and setup are crucial. Plus probably don’t tow with a mustang
nauticals15
Mustangs are made for towing? Crap...
bashuan
Don't forget front left, but yeah. Weight in the front.
COLONELSARGE
If its 2+ axles you want it either centered over the axles or slightly forward of the front axle.
ExtraaUpvote
Dead center front
smellyshorts
Why do they put the shelf in the front of a uhaul? Is that filled with weights so the front is heavier?
moredogsplease
I see what you did there
neondragon25
I don't know if very many people are getting the subtly of this coment.
NoUserNamesLeftToChooseFrom
PoppinLochNessHopster
haha.
homoerection
I don’t think I’d be falling asleep in that teachers class....
Benjaminiarwain
I take photos of kids who fall asleep and text them to their moms, then give them a chair with no desk for the next two classes ????
TonyTonyChopp
You cruel bugger, I like you!
homoerection
Shmutz
The only thing ya doing is to teach kids to sleep without the use of a desk.
Shmutz
I am able to sleep without the use of a desk.
SwiftNeverMisses
I wish my teacher was that passive. I wasn't even sleeping, just had my head lowered, and my teach picked up my desk and shook it with 1/2
SwiftNeverMisses
me still sitting in it. I looked him dead in the eye and told him to put me down. He did and didn't do it again. 2/2
Solbion
YouExpectedAUsernameButItWasMeDio
And then the whole classroom clapped.
theHitchenator
His wang hanging out, then when I told my father he beat me with jumper cables 2/2
SwiftNeverMisses
I can never not upvote this meme.
toxichorsepucky
/u/rogersimon10, is that you?
theHitchenator
saseko777
The bulk of the weight needs to be over the axles ...
SkepticalFriend
That's the way I've always done it. Maybe these people just pull a light load tho, too many people breaking their truck over like a bitch
Kabibble
I guess that’s why 18 wheeler trailers have their wheels in the middle, right? So the weight is over the wheels?
saseko777
Again tons vs grams
evilpsych
saseko777
Tons vs grams... Speed, weight, steering, and stopping distance
evilpsych
See my post above.
saseko777
Maybe your just inexperienced
evilpsych
You always want the weight biased ahead of the trailer axles. Source: I tow 10k+lb trailers regularly and have rebuilt them too
saseko777
Also i said over the axel... The middle of that trailer is where that would be... Only saw a few grams get shifted from front to back.
evilpsych
Uh. Still wrong
saseko777
By your standards which means nothing to me