Quote Originally Posted by Vinnybin View Post
I realize I'm stepping outside the forums scope but I need help. The situation has evolved. For now household will stay in the trailer, the VX on a uhaul trailer(4 wheels off ground), the sonata driven behind the RV pulling the VX. My dad offered to drive the truck across pulling the covered trailer with household goods. THE PROBLEM. The 20ft cargo express(2 axle 3500 pound axles) was just hooked up to the truck. Truck pulls 9200(5.0 F150 w/ tow package). I web page said about 60% weight front 40% back. The tony of the trailer is sitting real low and dragging chains so I think I loaded it to heavy up front. How do I weigh the front to the back or am I wingin it? I also may have over grossed the trailer itself. When I look at the wheels I'm seeing the angles of both tires do something like this /\. Those dashes being the tires when looked at in the perspective of the side mirrors. When I look at the two axles the both bow upward about an inch or so. The GVWR is to old to read now. I was gonna get it weighed and these are my initial observations. I know nothing about towing trailers.
Look at your tires first and find out what ply they are and the load capacity. These are the things that will go first, especially if they are over 5 to 7 years old. (date is on the tire somewhere.) If you add up all the tires and come up with close to 4000 you need a bigger trailer and better tires.

My VX weighs almost the same front or rear axle. If you can center it over the tandem axle trailer it should level out. You don't mention how much stuff you have in the back of the truck. That will affect where the tongue of the trailer is too. Also if you have a drop hitch, try turning it over to make the trailer level (you will need to unbolt the hitch ball)