[PSUBS-MAILIST] Trailer Issue

Tue Jul 31 21:16:22 EDT 2018

No chance of that Brian, I would never go negative on tongue weight and am checking it with every change I make in the position of the submarine on the trailer.  I'm doing pretty well with my tongue weight setup using a bathroom scale.  When I think I've got it where I want it I go to a CAT scale about 20 miles away and confirm everything that way.

      From: Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
 To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> 
 Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 7:59 PM
 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Trailer Issue

Careful you don't get negative tongue weight... can be a dangerous situation if it disconnects at the ball and you're not ready for it !  

Brian

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From: Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Trailer Issue
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 23:24:26 +0000 (UTC)

No.  The front axle is always closer to the frame whether hooked to the truck or just propped on the jack, level or not level.  I  just assumed that’s because the bulk of the weight is over that front axle.  I don’t recall if it’s that way without the sub on the trailer.  I will have to check again.  

The trailer is long which should help launch and recovery although I will probably still need an extension. 

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On Tue, 7/31/18, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Trailer Issue
 To: "Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles" <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
 Date: Tuesday, July 31, 2018, 7:00 PM

        Jon, when the trailer is sitting on level
 ground hooked to the truck, is the space between the axel
 and frame the same on both axels.  In your case 5% is a bit
 light unless you have some weight in the back of the truck.
  Looks nice on that trailer!Hank

                    On Tuesday, July 31, 2018, 4:24:22 PM
 MDT, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles
 <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

                Hard
 to get a definitive answer about tongue weight, but after
 some searching it does appear that 5% for boat trailers and
 10% for utility trailers is in the recommended range.  I
 pulled the sub back about 15 inches which got it to 5% and
 then took it for a short drive.  Based upon sound only, it
 does sound like that forward spring is "topping
 out" against the frame when I hit a dip in the road but
 also recovering.  When I stopped I could see that the
 spring eye was not butted up against the frame, unlike the
 other night when I had tongue weight at 10%.  Not much of a
 road test but I did get up to 55 without any hint of sway. 
 I may pull the sub back another inch and then take it for a
 longer road test tonight including the
 highway.

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