« Reply #18 on: March 29, 2013, 10:24:25 pm »
This was approx how the light weight Schmitt trailer worked but that was so deft as to not need tie downs. Clearly most folk would not go that far and a trailer for multiple uses has to compromise a bit. Having the axle in the right place offers reasonable control on tipping and moving the whole about. I suspect that trailer could also be stored on its tail if needs be. Great as you can padlock it to the wall.
I did have a canter-levered trailer once, ex Graham Potter. That was a cunning job that needed no ramp as the deck tilted while the frame and axles did not. The problem that relieved itself was the continual failure of the two arms dropping back to support the indispension units. These suffered stress fractures and short of some pretty big steel the design was fundamentally flawed as a lightweight trailer. I believe it is still in use outside the microcar world but with a very modified pair of sides to address the problem.

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