Offset axles on a trailer?

Offset axles on a trailer?

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Aprisa

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1,803 posts

259 months

Wednesday 13th April 2016
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I am adapting a Cherry Picker from a four wheel base trailer to one that can be towed behind a car, however I still wish to be able to get it through a 1.1m gateway.
This will mean constructing axes that will extend in and out from the centre-line.

Is there any problem with having axles that are not equidistant from the towing point and are about 6 inches apart? Would turning the suspension units round on one side affect the way it behaved in a dangerous manner as that would be one way of making them equal? (ie having two left or two right units).

I have posted about the axle before but got no answers, any help would be appreciated.

paintman

7,692 posts

191 months

Wednesday 13th April 2016
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Sounds like a question to ask a specialist trailer manufacturer who could give you answers as to whether it's even feasible & what legal obstacles you might face.
http://www.indespension.co.uk