Where to Place Axles on a 16 Foot Long Trailer
Updated 03/10/2016 | Published 03/09/2016
Question:
My trailer bed is 16 foot long and I have a 5 foot 6inch tongue and it is 5foot wide cant weigh trailer so could you give me a good starting point from the end of the tongue to the center of the equilateral in feet and inches the frame is made of 6 inch channel
asked by: Gordon M
Expert Reply:
To determine the location for the front and rear hangers on your tandem axle trailer you will first need to make sure that you have the correct center point for your equalizer hanger.
The center point of your equalizer hanger should start where you will have 60 percent of the frame of the trailer in front of the center of the equalizer hanger and 40 percent behind the center of the equalizer hanger. For example, if the trailers frames length is 16 feet, then the center-line location for the equalizer hanger will be 9.6 feet from the front of the trailer and 6.4 feet from the back.
This is where to start with when picking out axle locations for a tandem axle trailer. You will need to determine the tongue weight of the trailer and then check out the picture I attached if the tongue weight is anything other than 10 percent of the total trailer weight.
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