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[CVO Couple]

Got a 7x14 tandem trailer and setting it up to haul 2 bikes staggered side by side, when hauling 1 bike is it ok to put the single bike on a certain side of the trailer or create a middle position for single bike hauling? The single bike would be a little less than 1000lbs.

[2015FLHTKSE]

I'm sure you will get a few different answers but I have never had a problem with putting a bike on either side. I usually put it furthest back so it is more over the axles, mainly for less tongue weight.

[Craigisdad]

I use a condor chock with etrack adapter, I have 2 strips of etrack front to back with 1 cross piece in the front and 1 in the middle. Gives you a lot of combinations to choose from. Good luck.

[CVODON]

If you have Dexter or similar torison axles you can put the bikes wherever you want and the axle will compensate for the offset in weight. ie: Haul a 900# dresser on the left (or alone) with a 300# dirtbike beside it and the trailer will ride dead level due to axle flex.
If you have a leaf spring axle you might want to better balance the load as it has no way to compensate for different weights from side to side. But unless the trailer is really undersprung you should have no problems either way.

[Jbbrown73]

My trailer has leaf springs and I've never noticed any difference pulling a single bagger on one side or 2 baggers side by side.

[owl893]

What you CAN do and what is safest may be different.  Attempting to balance the weight is safest, both side to side and forward to back, with enough weight forward to load the tongue, but only so far that it doesn't float.  However, the other responses are correct, and you should have no problem on a fairly flat trip on good roads.  We have trailered through the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, and have seen a few (poorly loaded) trailer accidents. If you are going through elevation and switchbacks a balanced load will be the safest way.

OWL

[2k]

What Owl said & if you must load to one side I have always loaded on left. Someone told me why, but its been to long to remember.

[PinkE]

What Owl said & if you must load to one side I have always loaded on left. Someone told me why, but its been to long to remember.

It's the crown of the road and not letting your wagon lean with it but rather against it. This is especially true when you push the envelope with load and extreme crown or camber.