Wouldn't that technically mean your overloaded your bumper, not the trailer ? If you look on the bumper I doubt it was rated for much over 1000# total. And bumpers are for towing boats and golf carts, not heavy loads. I have class 5, rated for 16,000 lbs, receiver hitches on both pickups. Who's dangerous now ?Originally Posted by newattitude
Is there a reason for the snark? The OP asked some serious questions, we don't want to give him bad advice. I just bent my bumper using my 5x8 utility trailer hauling 1000 lbs of copiers so, never say you can't overload a trailer because you can. You CAN distribute weight incorrectly and cause sway.
Considering the 3/4 ton / 7400 lbs remark I'm not surprised you gave incorrect and possibly dangerous advice.
You mistook me. All I was trying to say, given the relative size of the trailer, I think it'd be pretty hard to overload unless you find really heavy small pieces of iron. Furthermore I didn't give out any bad info. I have towed almost everything you can possible tow with a pickup, and with no accidents yet to date.
U-Haul: Tips: Learn how to load and haul a trailer safely
If you click there and scroll down they reccommend you to load 60% of the weight to the front. Which indeed supports my before mentioned advice.
So with a short trailer to achieve the 60/40 split you'll have to heap the front and slope it down to the back which is what I ment by "getting as much weight forward as possible".
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