400 mile Vee on PH

[k1ano]

Would have expected a covered trailer ...

 

[Williams]

Would have expected a covered trailer ...

I don’t fancy the chances of those wheels not having scuff marks on them either..and surely it’s on that flat bed the wrong way around.. heavy end forward of the rear axel..? [smilie=icon_eek.gif]

 

[rustedandrotten]

Would have expected a covered trailer ...

I don’t fancy the chances of those wheels not having scuff marks on them either..and surely it’s on that flat bed the wrong way around.. heavy end forward of the rear axel..? [smilie=icon_eek.gif]

Balance point is forwards of the rear axle of the truck there so no issue :approve:

 

[Brett]

Not that it maters so much on a flat bed but the balance point from my experience is at the leading edge of the side pod but the weight distribution is 60/40 to the car axle. I certainly wouldn't tow a rear engine car that way in all honestly unless the tow vehicle weighed a shit load. My father who specialised in heavy haulage always advised me the most heavy part of the load should always be forward of the leading trailer axles.

Waaaaaay off subject though haha

 

[rustedandrotten]

Not that it maters so much on a flat bed but the balance point from my experience is at the leading edge of the side pod but the weight distribution is 60/40 to the car axle. I certainly wouldn't tow a rear engine car that way in all honestly unless the tow vehicle weighed a s**t load. My father who specialised in heavy haulage always advised me the most heavy part of the load should always be forward of the leading trailer axles.

Waaaaaay off subject though haha

As you say the balance point of a vee is roughly in line with the front of the side pods, however when towing the nose loading onto the tow vehicle by the trailer should be roughly in the range of 50-75 kgs, this gives a reasonably stable state of affairs, any more and the front of the tow vehicle becomes light, any less and the trailer becomes unstable and negative nose load means that the trailer can break loose, not ideal!! :rofl:

 

[Brett]

I'll stick to backing them up thanks. :rofl: Its nothing to do with nose loading, its 100% to do with weight distribution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mW_gzdh6to

 

[rustedandrotten]

I'll stick to backing them up thanks. :rofl: Its nothing to do with nose loading, its 100% to do with weight distribution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mW_gzdh6to

Totally agree but if you reverse load you put more polar mass out the rear therefore create instability even though the balance is in theory between the axles where it belongs on an trailer articulated on a 50mm ball and not on a fifth wheel semi articulated or agricultural pick up hitch where the weight can be moved forwards to impose on the tractor unit rear axle.

 

[Brett]

Nope, still not buying it lmao.

 

[rustedandrotten]

Nope, still not buying it lmao.

Got your trailer license yet?? :bow:

 

[Brett]

Yep :race: