My trailer project

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Agvg

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Norway
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Mf135, Ursus C-355, David Brown 995
Got some remains of a tractor trailer and hopefully it's restoration.

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   / My trailer project
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My slow and nice rebuild plan dident last long, my woman needed it fast so she joined me for a quick adhoc build....



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Nice job, but I guess you realize that most of the weight you put on this trailer will be transferred to the towing vehicle? In other words, it's gonna have a LOT of tongue weight, but I'm guessing you planned for that.
 
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Yes, this is the point of the design, you want as much weight of the trailer as you can get on the tractor so you have traction.

A newer design:



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