Originally Posted by Andrew R Stewart

I had always thought the reason why Burly used offset/dished wheels was to increase the clearance between the tire and the trailer body. Cornering forces would work against the dish (spoke angle will have less bracing) that the wheels have and the slight increase of track width (maybe 1" over a 30" width) is an unlikely reason to go to the effort of dishing wheels.

What was ingenious with the Burley trailers was the offset hitch. So the right side wheel/frame was no further off center then the bike's handle bars or pedals. Andy.