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Message: <blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 4095435" data-attributes="member: 15054">I have always had cars with hitches and some had very short wheel bases.I found out decades ago too much weight towards the rear of the trailer will cause that wagging.One friend had a large boat on a factory trailer that came with the boat  that just would not stop the wagging and even adding dual axles did not solve it.Moving the boat forward on the trailer solved it.All my vehicles got heavier springs on the rear that were used for trailer pulling.Lots of tongue weight.I have built over 30 trailers and all of them got the axle set much farther back than your store bought trailers.One customer that bought a trailer from me said he did not like the axle that far back.He had not bought it yet though.I told him I use my trailers and find many have the axle too far forward and pull terrible.I told him I will give you all your money back if you do not like the way it pulls.He called me a couple days later and said it was the best pulling trailer he ever owned no dog walking at all.It is not that the trailer is light.[ATTACH=full]402176[/ATTACH]  I just built a very light trailer that you can pick up off the ground by yourself but it does not dog walk.I pulled it empty to only 60 mph,  swerved back and forth and it stuck to the ground like glue and tracked perfectly.Axle is way far back on this one.</blockquote>