Hi, I'm new to this forum and I LIKE the work you have done on your 416. Do you still have the lunette when you converted to the bulldog hitch. I am looking for one. Thanks for posting so many photos as I am getting ideas on my own trailer.
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I suspected that the 500# off road and 750# on road weight specs were pretty conservative #s. How low in the fenders did the wheels go with that half ton load? Do you have any photos of how you mounted the spare tire underneath? And lastly, did having the spare tire weight behind the axle have any effect on the tounge weight, as these trailers are pretty light up in the front. Thanks!
As for the spare, it's a 100 series tire winch that is directly bolted to the C channel cross member and then I have a ratchet strap under there to keep it tight. So far it hasn't budged.
Balance. I ran it empty up there. No fishtail at all.
View attachment 1241727 Just the winch. It is the exact same width as the cross member.
Clearance.
You can't think of this like you would a traditional leaf spring setup with 2 axles. In that case when one side stuffs the 2 axles cause articulation.
In the case of a trailer, unless the hitch is bound up, the tire won't stuff into the fender like in a truck. It will just go up over the obstacle because there is nothing there to force the spring to flatten.
As I said, I installed a set of these on my trailer with the 1000# load and drove it and banged it around and no rubbing.