Originally Posted by topgun 38 (Post 3244464)

Hey Nate, I say try it see what happens.

Originally Posted by jmeng (Post 3244188)

Probably a stupid question Nate but are you trimming the outdrives down? Had to do that with mine when I kept it on the trailer. Dropped over a foot off of the overall lenght.

Originally Posted by Jpzaluski (Post 3244222)

I manufacture large renewable energy trailers (mild steel) that regularly exceed 10k lbs. We often build trailers with either removable or swinging tongues for security or space concerns. As someone stated earlier, properly engineered anything is possible. I would look into either a telescoping tongue or possibly a sleeved tongue that you could remove. Just remember, overbuilding is NOT engineering.

Originally Posted by dogghouse (Post 3244749)

I have surge brakes witch I’m going to remove regardless and put electric over hydraulic. I know I can cut the trailer and put a shorter tongue on it witch is probably the route I’m going to take and hopefully that will shorten it enough. I just wanted to see what you guys thought. I like the removable idea also….

Thanks for the feedback.

Originally Posted by VetteLT193 (Post 3246882)

shortening the trailer will change the balance. If it trailers fine as is, i.e., straight and it doesn't want to wander or wag, you should keep the length approx. the same to keep the balance the same.