Christian McArdle wrote:
I am looking to fir a draw bar onto my trailer so as to make it a
little longer to accomodate a box to put my gas bottles in.

Putting gas bottles at the front is bad for two reasons. Firstly, it may tip
the weight forward too much, making it impossible to get nose weight down.
Secondly, it puts a large mass at a large distance from the axle, making the
trailer much more unstable. It is far better to distribute any large masses
near the axle to reduce its moment.

If it is a large trailer and only a small weight of gas, then you might get
away with it. However, if you can contrive a way of storing the bottles near
the middle, then this would still be a superior solution.

Christian.

Bah!

I think i'll have to abandon the idea of putting the bottles out front.


The original problem is how to squeeze 2 x 40L Aquarolls into a pint
pot. Putting them out front would mean adding about 400mm to the
length which would make the total length of the trailer about 3M!

I think perhaps I need to think about going up rather than forward.
Perhaps by putting some sort of rack on the fridge box and putting the
Aquarolls up there. Or maybe by finding a way to attach a set of roof
bars to the trailer so I can strap the Aquarolls up there.