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How long of a trailer are you looking to build? The tongue on our horse trailer is 2', overall length is about 16'. The tongue on the car trailer project is about 4', overall length is 20'. The utility trailer tongue is about 3', overall length is about 9'.

I would evaluate how your load bed centers the weight over the axle, the distance from hitch to axle center-line, and figure how fast you want the trailer to react when backing.

1987 Raider - Roxy
1988 Mighty Max 2.6L Turbo - Pearl
1997 Mountaineer V8 - Freddy
2000 Excursion V10 - Freya