Trailer tongue counter weight question (1 Viewer)

[Rubemeyer]

Hi, new to the forum, first post. I've done a search of the web and the forum to no avail so hopefully I'm not asking a question already covered, but here's my situation. Yesterday I bought a Cynergy Cargo Sytems 5X8 enclosed V nose trailer to haul/store my motorcycle, tools, misc gear during an upcoming move. The problem is, when unhitched from my truck, I cannot walk up the ramp without lifting the front of the trailer completely off the ground, slamming the back into the ground, much less ride my motorcycle in and out. I was able to put a 40LB bag of mulch on the tongue and make it so I could walk up the ramp but defiantly not ride a Harley up into it. So my question is, has anyone else had this problem and if so, what did you do? Any ideas from the community would be greatly appreciated.
-Rubemeyer

 

[natvet]

Put a couple jack stands under the rear frame before driving the hog into the trailer.
example...http://www.harborfreight.com/3-ton-heavy-duty-jack-stands-38846.html

 

[Rubemeyer]

Not A bad idea. I've got a couple of those HF jackstands laying around anyways. I was thinking about trying to drill a hole in my hitch lock, and bolt it to the lid of a 5 gallon bucket that I could then fill with wet sand, which is abundant on the coast and then when it's time to move, empty the bucket and drop the weight, throw it in the trailer and roll.

 

[greentruck]

One workaround that's always available in this situation is to stay hitched to the tow vehicle. Obviously, you're looking for more flexibility, but in a pinch...that's always available unless you can't physically bring the two together when needed.

 

[John E Davies]

Install a couple of stabilzer jacks in back, You can use the cheap scissor type that you see on most travel trailers, or the much simpler and faster sliding bar type stands - you just pull a pin, lower the square tube, reinstall the pin.

Just be sure to remember to retract the stands before driving off!

Here is what comes on the Moby1 XTR - it would be dead simple to fabricate from thin walled steel tubing, or just order a set:

http://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Jack/Fulton/FSJ40324.html

Or these:

http://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Jack/Domar/TJ01RT.html

The worst solution IMHO would be a set of jack stands. They would be a PITA to transport.

John Davies
Spokane WA USA

 

[rusty_tlc]

The scissor jacks used on trailers would probably be the cheapest and most convenient to use. If the back is low enough you could also pick up a couple of scissor jacks from Pick and Pull and weld them to the trailer frame.

 

[JamesR]

I'm in the process of building a simple trailer so my inexperience may be showing. However, if a jack, or anything is welded to the rear of the trailer below the frame line, the angle of departure will be affected. A drop drown jack (http://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Jack/Fulton/FSJ40324.html) doesn't have anything below the frame line so that would be preferred. Also, there's nothing to get hung up while going over terrain.

 

[rusty_tlc]

I'm in the process of building a simple trailer so my inexperience may be showing. However, if a jack, or anything is welded to the rear of the trailer below the frame line, the angle of departure will be affected. A drop drown jack (http://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Jack/Fulton/FSJ40324.html) doesn't have anything below the frame line so that would be preferred. Also, there's nothing to get hung up while going over terrain.

Read the OP, the question is about an enclosed cargo trailer used to haul a Harley. I kind of doubt it will see much time off road.

Even so the scissor jacks on my trailer are located far enough forward that the rear frame hits before the jacks do. Also they close up very small, you can just make them out in this photo

 

[JamesR]

I misread it the first time. Sorry guys.

73, James - KF4AQO Sent from my iPad using IH8MUD

 

[titanpat57]

It would be nice to see a picture of the rear of the trailer

 

[Mark Harley]

Wrecking yard crank jacks from a BMW are the easy and cheap way to go.
make a female receiver that the jack stub fits into and crank them level.

This will keep the trailer from dumping you or the bike when unloading.

Crank them up and remove for transit.
Fold the stub and store in the trailer.

 

[bmorrison83]

Put a couple jack stands under the rear frame before driving the hog into the trailer.
example...http://www.harborfreight.com/3-ton-heavy-duty-jack-stands-38846.html

X2 after you place the jack stands under the rear crank your tongue jack up to put some pressure on the rear of the trailer.

 

[Rubemeyer]

Great ideas guys. Thanks. I've ended up just carrying 2 harbor freight jackstands with me and throw them under the rear of the frame, raise them up as much as I can, then like bmorrison83 said, I raise the tongue jack to apply pressure on the jackstands. Works great. I would like to get some of the trailer/camper stabilizers like John Davies suggested but there was no good place to mount them on the frame and maintain clearance. Thanks again guys. Hopefully this will help some other people down the road too.