Jack_650
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I'm the one with the yellow bike with a hitch. The trailer I have is a 4'x4' that weighs about a hundred lbs. with a 3/8" plywood flat be on it. Empty you don't even feel it back there although you hear it bouncing around. I've not pulled it with lots of weight on it, but am planning an extended road/camping trip this next summer. I'll of course report the results.
I don't intend to put much more on there weight wise than I normally haul on the bike anyway. That usually works out to around a hundred lbs. plus me at about (ahem) 180#. My big fear isn't the stopping 'cause I always allow a ton of room, but rather having it come around on me due to wind or bouncing during a slow down. If I put the weight on the trailer then that ends up making the bike lighter. Physics tells me that less weight on rubber means even more care to be taken. I plan to split up the weight and put the bulky stuff on the trailer and the smaller, heavier on the bike.
Jack
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