Weight of Trailers

[Retired Starman]

I've built parts for six trailers for the Peachtree Regional Kick-off and Scrimmage and have assembled two of them completely. I used the actual plans that FIRST uses to make the official trailers. I built ours exactly to spec except that I used Sono tube for the target rather than the HDPE. In spite of this, I have the HDPE and have weighed the trailer and appropriate amount of HDPE in place of the Sono tube.

Using bathroom scales, I find that the trailer is 35-36 pounds.

I haven't checked the tongue weight yet, but it is slightly tongue heavy. The CG is pretty high on these so a slight change in height of the tongue will change the tongue weight significantly. That shouldn't be a problem since the tongue should always be the same height above the floor.

I'll try to check the tongue weight in a day or so when I assemble another one.

I've been reading posts and notice that not enough attention has been paid to the problems that the trailer will cause. With robot, bumpers, battery and a 35 pound trailer, plus some moon rocks you are up around 180-190 pounds!

Retired Starman
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Atlanta, GA