bryant did you build that trailer? thats kinda the idea im going for to build my new one
Yes I did. Started with an old boat trailer, although all said and done it would have been easier to start from scratch. If I could offer any bit of advice it would be this:
When you first start, lightly tack your springs and axle under the trailer. Once you are finished, weight the whole rig and get an overall length from tip to tip. There is a formula (can be found on internet) which is basically a ratio of weight to length that will tell you where to properly place the axle. Jack it up, knock the shackles loose and get the axle in the right place. Tongue weight is critical. Not enough and it will whip and pull like hell going down the road...too much and your atv will have hell moving it around through the woods.
X2 on the tacking and getting the proper amount of tongue weight. I tacked mine on, ground the tacks off and retacked several times till I got it where it was just about what I thought I wanted, till my kids got on the front of the trailer and I could barely turn my wheeler bc there was to much fat a$$ sitting behind the steer bars and the kids on the trailer, so I cut the hangers off, moved the axle forward about 6-8" and it did the trick to an extend, but I didn't want like what Bryant said about the fishtailing and whipping bc of lack of tongue weight.
