"Gary Warner" wrote in message
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PUZZLER: Does the axel "balance" the weight over the
axel or over the wheels? .


Over the wheels.

To be precise, over the point at which the wheel contacts the ground, which
had better be directly under the axel.


A thought just crossed my mind: You should also check the tongue weight
when the trailer is empty. From your description it sounds like you won't
have a problem, but I have seen trailers built for a center engine boat that
had negative tongue weight when the boat was NOT on the trailer.

Rod