Re: boat and trailer fish tale.
Re: boat and trailer fish tale.
No one can really say how far back you need to move the axle, you will need to do some measurements and figure it out. You will need to know how much the entire rig weighs and then figure out the 10-15% tongue weight. I would place the tongue on a bathroom scale, remove the tires and place jack stands under the frame to simulate where the axle needs to be centered. Keep moving the jack stands further back until you get 10-15% of the rig's weight on the tongue, then you will know where the axle needs to be centered.
When mounting the axle, it needs to be squared up off the tongue's ball mount, not the trailer frame (IE: frame could be out of square). Attach a pin to the center of the ball mount, so you have something to measure from, then make sure each side of the axle is exactly the same measurement to the ball mount. Removing the grease dust cap and measuring off the axle end itself would be best, but you could also rotate both hubs into the same position and measure off the center of a wheel stud.
