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04-01-2009, 15:33

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Re: Trailer Weight

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Originally Posted by 1086VEX

a team at VCU weighed it and said it was close to 40 pounds...and you could still push it with no effort on carpet

Push, or turn?
Pushing it in the directin of it's wheels rotation and having it skid sideways along the floor are to different matters. The 2nd of which is compounded further by the fact your force is not bein applied directly through the wheels, but rather through the trailer hitch.

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