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"Michelle" <thecatsandiSPAMMEIFYOUDARE@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Bob V wrote:
>> "Nehmo" <nehmo54@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1137895163.229965.28440@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
>> : "Pull-behind" trailers are trailers that connect to the tow vehicle by
>> : a ball (or other attaching arrangement) on the back of tow vehicle and
>> : a trailer hitch on the tongue attached to the front of the frame of the
>> : trailer. If the trailer is improperly-loaded into a tail-heavy
>> : condition (in other words, the center of gravity is to the rear of the
>> : center of the axles) arrangement, it will sway from side to side. But
>> : why? Why would tail-heavy conditions cause such behavior? The weight on
>> : the tongue would be negative, but I still can't understand the swaying
>> : mechanism.
>>
>>
>> Because the majority of the weight is behind the center of gravity and
>> it's attempting to get to the front because it's smart enough to know
>> that's where it belongs :-)
> thats what I was trying to say.....
> Michelle

Smart weight??? Where would one acquire such weight? I am sure I would
prefer it to dumb weight.