Car Positioning in Trailer

[Burnd]

The car positioning will have more to do with the "tongue weight" exerted than where the car sits comfortably in the trailer. Find out what the recommended "tongue weight" is on your trailer/vehicle. Then put a scale under the front jack and move the car forwards and backwards to achieve the desired "down" weight. If you have too much weight "forward" the trailer will be squirrely & fishtailey as hell and too far back it will be lifting up on the rear of your vehicle and you get a floating, bounce ride. It's not hard to do but it takes a little bit of "jockeying" to get it dialed in. It's got to "ride" level too. You will know if it ain't right when you tow it cause it's a little scary feeling when she ain't right. I don't have a 20 ft trailer but I have two 16 footers and we have always set it up this way. My boats were the same too.

Bernie

[DAVID GAGNARD]

According to some trailer manufacters, if you do not have a scale to check the tongue weight, an easy way to get you "in the ball park" is hook the trailer to the tow truck, park on a level surface, measure the height of the rear bumper/hitch, load the car and move if forward till the rear bumper/hitch goes down one to one and half inches........this should be very close.....take for a test drive and move the car from that point........

Once I had my car where it needed to be, I marked the position of the front tires on the trailer floor with some paint, now when loading the car, I know exactly where my front tires need to be to get everything like it needs to be for a smooth safe ride............

David