Guess the tongue weight...

[user 423]

Below is a link to Craig's list ad for a '95 Ford van converted into a trailer:


https://albuquerque.craigslist.org/rvs/d/1995-ford-van-customized-to/6386985120.html

 

[highdesertranger]

very poor design. most of the trailers made from vehicles have several design flaws. highdesertranger

 

[Ballenxj]

Below is a link to Craig's list ad for a '95 Ford van converted into a trailer:


https://albuquerque.craigslist.org/rvs/d/1995-ford-van-customized-to/6386985120.html

Very creative, but as I believe your point here is, not very well balanced at all.  

 

[tx2sturgis]

very poor design.  most of the trailers made from vehicles have several design flaws. 

Including the axle, if they didn't change it...

 

[user 423]

very poor design. most of the trailers made from vehicles have several design flaws. highdesertranger

At one time I thought about removing the drive train,gas tank,etc. from a '90 Dodge caravan cargo with a blown motor and adding a towbar. It would only weigh about 2700 lbs. and you could use the engine bay for mounting a genset and/or batteries.

Tow it as a 'mother-in-law' cottage behind a Class C or van...

 

[bigskybob]

One can turn anything into something else,however most things are best used as they were made to be used.

 

[user 423]

^
Yes but isn't it cool when something is repurposed when it stops functioning as originally intended?

(not saying the above examples are good ones....)

 

[tx2sturgis]

Yes but isn't it cool when something is repurposed when it stops functioning as originally intended?

Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

Y'all might not believe this coming from a Texan, we can spin some yarns....but I swear it is true:

Years ago I was driving down thru Tijeras Canyon on I-40 just east of Albuquerque.

Ahead of me was a shiny travel trailer, like an older Airstream, being pulled by something, but it was wobbling back and forth very noticeably.

As I caught up I kept looking to see what might be pulling it...some little car, most likely.

Well I was partly correct!

As I passed it, I could see someone in the trailer's left side, with a steering wheel! Looking out thru the side and forward facing window!

Here's the really weird part:

Grafted on to the front of the trailer was the nose, motor, front axle, hood, fenders, everything, from an old VW Rabbit, front wheel drive car, and bright green! No windshield or A-pillars, they were gone. Just the front of the car attached to the trailer. 

This person had built the weirdest motorhome I had ever seen, at least up to that point anyway.

I can only assume it was a failed experiment, but drivable nonetheless. 

I've seen some odd things on the highway, and this was certainly one of them.

 

[highdesertranger]

maybe it was Elon Musk. highdesertranger

 

[Motrukdriver]

This trailer might have worked had they cut the van body back to about where the fuel door is.

 

[debit.servus]

Or if they added weight behind the back doors by grafting another van body and/or draw bridging a cargo platform loaded with house batteries & static weight to counterbalance.