dual axle trailer question

[1fife]

I have a 3 car side turned garage and a pretty narrow driveway width(22 feet). I put my current sinlge axle 19 foot boat into the 1 car part of my garage. I have to turn it pretty hard by hand to get it into the stall.

My question
Will two men be able to turn a dual axle triler by hand in such a tight spot?

i have no experience and dont know of anybody that has a dual axle trailer.

thanks

[ESOX]

You should be able to, the pivot point will be right in the center between the two axles. It will pivot as tightly as a single axle, just require more force.

[yoda]

Thats going to be a VERY hard push 1fife. boat weight might make a difference, I have a dual axle trailer under my Lund 1950 Tyee, with a full tank of gas and all the bells and whistles it's pushing 4,000 lbs if not more, it's not a very user friendly trailer if it's not hooked up to the truck :D

[Magnet]

I wouldn't count on it. It will definately depend on the wieght of the load on the trailer and the front to back spacing between the axles. No matter how you look at it, something has to slide (rubber on concrete). Just backing mine into the driveway leaves black marks and that's not even turning tight. Same thing pulling it out. At least two tires have to slide as I turn out of the driveway onto the road.

Hope this helps.

Magnet

[1fife]

got this reply on another message board-anyone else ever try this-sounds interesting


"To answer your question - No! But there is something you can do to be able to do this easily. You can use plastic lawn/garbage bags under the tires and they will act like bearings and slide right around. Better yet, go to your local hardware/Lowes/Home Depot type store and buy the heavier guage roll of plastic that is between 2 and 4 mils thick (Like "visqueen" sp?). Cut a large enough piece to fit under both tires, per side, doubled over (sandwiched), for the distance the wheels will travel in the turn. The visqueen will be reusable a lot more times then will the bags. If you have a rough finish on the driveway, put cardboard, or even sheets of newpaper, down first. It is surprising how nicely this works. We used them in the Air Force to move main landing gear on planes in excess of 210,000 pounds!"

thought i share some of the things i get back. anyone else with ideas?

[1sh0t]

we have to push our 2025 pro v lund into the garage because the garage door isnt tall enough and we have to turn it a little and it does take a little muscle try putting down some silica sand to reduce the friction.




;)
Dan

[MGV]

I learned this trick from a uncle. If you have decent size lawn tractor use that to get it in. I use it on my 16 1/2 ft boat. You can turn really sharp and you don't have to break your back pushing. To make it even better is put a hitch on the front. I have that on a larger farm tractor. You won't believe the ability to back/forward things in. Instead of 1/2 a foot close enough you will be looking at to the inch of perfection.

[walleyechaser]

What works well in carpeted showrooms is to get a couple pieces of 1/4" thick plexiglass about 4' long by 18" wide. Once the tires are on the plexiglass the whole thing slides easily. It works on concrete as well although not as easily as on carpet.