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Trailer towing and hitch question
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<blockquote data-quote="Jules083" data-source="post: 1099210" data-attributes="member: 29110"><p>The Bushtec sportster, which is the lightest one, is 110lbs empty and rated for a max load of 375lbs.</p><p></p><p>My trailer weighed 150lbs at the local scrapyard scale, which may not be perfectly accurate. So I'm 40lbs heavier. I'm going out now with the bathroom scale, you got me thinking now. Going to compare width also, I can't remember mine.</p><p></p><p>Edit- bathroom scale just read 160lbs total, trailer measured at 48" wide. Bushtec is 110lbs, 49" wide.</p><p></p><p>I can drop about 15-20lbs from the trailer fairly easy, but no more. That would be accomplished by switching to plastic fenders and lightening the tongue with a hole saw and grinder (it's overbuilt anyways currently). More weight might be dropped by removing the car topper and switching to a flat bottom, but I think the weight savings would be offset by the deck material and having to use luggage bags to hold stuff. Currently there is no deck under the car topper, just the trailer frame itself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jules083, post: 1099210, member: 29110"] The Bushtec sportster, which is the lightest one, is 110lbs empty and rated for a max load of 375lbs. My trailer weighed 150lbs at the local scrapyard scale, which may not be perfectly accurate. So I'm 40lbs heavier. I'm going out now with the bathroom scale, you got me thinking now. Going to compare width also, I can't remember mine. Edit- bathroom scale just read 160lbs total, trailer measured at 48" wide. Bushtec is 110lbs, 49" wide. I can drop about 15-20lbs from the trailer fairly easy, but no more. That would be accomplished by switching to plastic fenders and lightening the tongue with a hole saw and grinder (it's overbuilt anyways currently). More weight might be dropped by removing the car topper and switching to a flat bottom, but I think the weight savings would be offset by the deck material and having to use luggage bags to hold stuff. Currently there is no deck under the car topper, just the trailer frame itself. [/QUOTE]
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