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Re: [Shop-talk] trailer advice needed

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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] trailer advice needed
From: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:42:19 -0700 (PDT)
I see your point about overloading:  If you take
a car with 4 wheels of a certain size, and put it on a
trailer with 2 wheels of a smaller size, you could
have a problem...

Doug


--- David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com> wrote:
>  Trailers (particularly boat
> trailers) are often
> abused.  It's very common to find trailers that are
> seriously
> overloaded.  It's normal trailer practice to use
> tire/wheel
> combinations that are exactly the weight rating of
> the axle.  Over
> load the trailer ten percent, and the tires get very
> hot, and one will
> blowout.
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