Bought a Carson, 16x6.5 trailer, but only have 3 quads. I have a honda 250, Polaris 90 and bombardier 50. Yep still dont have my own, but working on it.
Anyway, What would be the best way to load the trailer so that I dont get a bumpy ride. As I pulled it home (empty) it seemed to be a bumpy ride back there. Any ideas?
Thanks,

 

when its empty shes gonna sail around behind ya. wait till u hit R&R tracks at speed. anyway, I would load heavest to the front of trailer. put smallest in back of trailer, if biggest is in back shes gonna push u around on road. strap em down like u paid for em. dont wanna lose any.

 

Should I load everything towards the front, or put the little ones in the rear?

 

towards the front or over the axles as much as possible

 

Thanks, will do.

 

The general rule is to have about 10-15% of the loaded trailer weight on the tongue. If the trailer is 400 and the quads are 900 for a total of 1300 lbs, you should have about 130-200 pounds of weight at the tongue. Which ones you put where should be primarily guided by getting the tongue weight into this range.

 

About 60/40 meaning 60% in front of the axle & 40% behind it. If you get unbalanced toward the back you will be swaying something fierce. With a 16' and those machines you could probably put all in front of the axle which would pull ok but then you would be putting too much weight on your hitch.

 

Dang it,
So I should probably load it up and take her for a spin. See how it handles right?
thanks,

 

Ya & maybe go down & load one up for yourself. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

HA HA HA yeah, been stuck on what to buy. That would even things out eh? lol
Im stuck between getting an 07 Honda 450, or the new Special edition Kawasaki. Or maybe just the 08 Honda 450.
Going down to Baja this weekend 6 hour trip so want to make sure I dont have to pull over that many times to re configure.
Thanks again