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Old 05-08-13 | 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by jowilson
I am making a 2 wheel trailer for touring and I was reading this how-to guide and somewhere on that page it says that 1 wheel trailers can't carry as much weight but have better high speed stability. Then it states that 2 wheel trailers can carry more weight but have lower stability at high speeds. Why is this? I can't understand why and I have spent a whopping minutes self debating this but I can't come to a conclusion why... I'm also curious how one accomplishes right turns with a trailer hitch like this one.

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Josh
One wheel trailers will want to track in a line behind the bike's wheels. Two wheel trailers will want to squirm back and forth due to their tire treads reacting to road imperfections.

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