[Ian Anderson]

Best trailer I ever towed was a boat set up.

Without the boat on it had a 50 pound weight on the hitch - measured with bathroom scales under the jockey wheey

With boat loaded this went up to about 60 pounds basically the trailer was correctly made for the product and stayed balanced.

I have also seen people tow a saloon car trailer behind a BMW and the hitch weight must have been over 300 pounds as the BMW suspension was totally compressed - strange but he kept complaining about the handling.

At the next race meeting a few of us loaded his car for him - on backwards (front engine car) and positioned it to balance correctly - he then realised the error of his ways.

So once again I suggest you find the suggested hitch / tongue / ball weight as per the design of the trailer from the manufacturer.

Check that the empty trailer weight is at or close to their suggested value.

Then load the car and whatever else you are loading into it. and check the weight again adjust positioning till you get at or near the suggested weight and mark the trailer for ease of future loading. Adjust all your hold down straps etc and leave them set ready for each use (I would probably now have a separate set for use with other cars now as they have come down in price a load recently)

Ian

Ian