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Towing Safety Not sure why a truck is dragging a tank down the highway but once he comes around the bend, I'm sure they start thinking the same thing. Zooming in it looks like the tank starts to pull the back end of the truck around then a little over-steer to correct and..........well, I just...

Load maximum Exactly why I put it up there sir and thank you, all input for safety is valuable. If someone sees the gear required to pull a 3.7tonne ferret and farms it out to a commercial carrier because they didn't want to damage their utility trailer, then everyone wins. Even with the...

SucceSSful trailering That's it! If you take a guess at the half way point of the ferret, for argument let's say right side of the spare tire, you've got the center of load slightly behind the front axle. You might have a little more then 40% of the load ahead of the front axle and might be...

Estimating vehicle weight distribution I have edited the above post with more accurate numbers and apologize for misleading information. Thus the caveat of sleep deprived post SPD, which will not happen again. Squirt-truck, thank-you for the correction and sorry for the need for a...

Estimating vehicle weight distribution I dislike the guess word but until it's scaled.....it's all you have. Who has scaled a Ferret and knows the actual axle weights? Looking at it....and from a design perspective, it should be very close to equal front and rear.....but that's just a...

Towing Safety There are as many ways to tie down a load as there are people. All of them are correct until something bad happens. We use over sized chains and tight, lever boomers, sassy yellow keepers on the handles and cross chain if it's easier. Front facing / Back facing, consideration for...

Hauling Green Steel Soldier - Spare tire, jack and tools for the trailer. - Load distribution on axles/ tongue. Ensure enough load on tongue to prevent sway......and possible roll over. Very important! These two items come to mind immediately....call it experience. I also trained the fingers...