After reading a few posts and after putting a tire carrier on my little harbor freight monster, I need to lengthen my tongue. The trailer is 6.5 feet long from the tip of the tongue to the rear. Right now the tongue is 2’ from the front of the deck and I just don’t have the room for movement that I would like. (tire and gas tanks can hit the cruiser when at angles or turning sharply). I am thinking about extending the tongue 2’ by replacing the original with some longer square stock. For those that know more about building trailers, how much longer should the tongue be? I know it is forward heavy right now, but I am going to put a 20 gallon water tank in the rear to balance it out. So how long should the tongue be?
Here are some pics right now.
Here are some pics right now.