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Originally Posted by Gojeep
Why the axle so far back? That will really give you a high ball weight and sag your rear suspension.
17 mm ply for the sides is not over kill, it is extreme!
6 mm would be over kill if you have a frame and 3 mm would be still plenty.
Are you going to run XJ leaves and not the horrible short trailer ones?
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The axle is a long way back as nearly all the weight is at the rear with kitchen and storage both behind the axle. I just went with the accepted norm for this style of trailer on the teardrop forums and using a calculator available it says my ball weight will be a around 14% of the trailer so about 80kg hopefully as I'm aiming for around 600kg or under finished weight (not including the wheels and tyres). Once I lay the sides out I'll probably move the axle forward a little, it all depends on the door position and tyre size.
Not sure on the springs yet, I have some XJ ones so may run those or see what else I can find.
Your right on the 17mm, I dont know where I got that from now, 6mm is looking much more like it. Originally I wasn't going to frame and insulate the walls so maybe that was how I came up with that.
Cheers
Steve
and dutifully ripped it off.... Although it is a fair bit longer and sleeker. I'll be getting the hinges from Reiner at Aussieteardrops or whatever they're called in QLD 
