Re: [SilverStreak] Flipped axels (again)

[Keneth Wilson <ke5dfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anytime you raise a trailer or a truck, you decrease the stability due to a higher center of 
gravity (CG).  The higher CG makes the vehicel tippy in plane terms, so you are always beeter 
off keeping the trailer or truck lower than higher.

As for the axles over or  under the springs, aand the use of dropped axles over staight axles, 
it is all done to keep the CG lower.

With the taller tow vehicles, you se more and moer trailer that set high...but if you notice, 
the olser trailers like the SS all tow better with fewer problems than the current trailer.  
Part of the reason for towing better is the aerodynamics and part is the lower CG.

By going from an over spring to an under spring arrangement, is a minimal lift and probably 
will not be noticed on a properly matched tow vehicle.
 
Ken Wilson 
KE5DFR@sbcglobal.net 
Cypress, Texas