On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 19:43:58 GMT, "Snafu"
wrote:
Now move your 2x2 so that the tongue end is 90%
of the pipe's length. Now weigh the long end. Won't the weight at the end
of the long end be greater that it was when the 2x2 was at only 60% of the
length?

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When you move the 2x2 in your example, that is comparable to moving
the axles towards the back of the trailer. Thats not the same thing
as increasing your tongue length and leaving everything else the same.