Re: [ecpa] Tongue Weight

Dennis W. Farrell (dfarrell@ridgecrest.ca.us)
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 19:41:56 -0700


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
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Ted: think about a wheelbarrow with a very heavy weight in the bed. To
make the wheelbarrow easier to lift so you can move it, do you shorten or
lengthen the handles? Think about a wheelbarrow with 10 foot handles.
Easier or harder to maneuver?

-- dwf

-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Duke <tedduke@usa.net>
To: wwpotter@tscnet.com <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 19:09
Subject: Re: [ecpa] Tongue Weight

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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
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>Frank and gang,
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>OOPS, I'm not a physicist and don't even know one anymore, and I
>may be WRONG,( I was wrong once when I thought I was wrong and
>was actually right! <BG>).
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>However, I fail to see how making the tongue longer will lower
>tongue weight. I would surmise that tongue weight is the amount
>of weight in front of the axle that exceeds the weight in the
>back of the axle. Extending the tongue length would only
>increase tongue weight by the amount of the metal added forward
>of the axle.
>
>Am I missing something? Engineers please correct me! I have
>been considering extending the tongue on my trailer about 3 feet
>just to get the boat in the water further at the ramp.
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>(This should start a thread that exceeds the JUDY B> towing
>thread <VBG>!)
>
>Ted Duke
>WWPs19 #626 The Duchess
>Mountains of Virginia
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