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« on: October 13, 2006, 10:58:56 AM »
If the trailer is like the ones from Northern, bolt together frames, it is definately not up to the task. you will be in the neighborhood of a half ton, and it's not like bags of cement, much more animated. I tried one on a boat trailer, 4500lb rated, and it bounced all over the place. Bouncy (technical term) tires, bouncy springs, and nowhere near enough mass to damped the vibrations. I did, however run one all last weekend for a demo in the back of my Izuzu box truck. The frame was bolted to a heavy pallet, 4X &2X with a solid bottem and sat on truck tire tubes (deflated). It wiggled a bit during start up and shut down but was surprisingly smooth while running. Then again this engine is noticably smoother than my other, got lucky with the balance I guess. I was wondering if you could duplicate the results with a heavy trailer, blocked up off the suspension, and dampened with bags of sand or lead bricks or something, but haven't tried it. Seems like one of those military surplus trailers might be just the ticket. Hope this helps. Bill