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<blockquote data-quote="104Feeder" data-source="post: 1273737" data-attributes="member: 42554">In general, as Dracula said, &quot;heavy up front&quot;. However, all trailers are not created equal. You can have about 10-15% difference between the front and rear boxes and be OK. An 85% trailer with heavy looking irregs loaded chest high will probably be heavier than a 100% regular trailer. SC&#039;s (short ocean containers on chassis that are never removed) are heavier than a regular W trailer, so if you have irregs in an SC you definitely want that one up front. Too heavy in the rear and you are likely to jack knife in a hard braking situation. Also, having and SC in the rear can cause damage when doing very tight turns or U turns as the trailer is squared off and the corners can hit the front box. This is especially possible with two SC&#039;s. We generally hate those SC&#039;s. Some odd 28&#039; trailers can only go on the rear as they were made to different specs and have the pintle hook for a dolly higher because most other carriers use a straight dolly vs. the angled one we use. No idea why we have to have a different dolly than everyone else.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="104Feeder, post: 1273737, member: 42554"] In general, as Dracula said, "heavy up front". However, all trailers are not created equal. You can have about 10-15% difference between the front and rear boxes and be OK. An 85% trailer with heavy looking irregs loaded chest high will probably be heavier than a 100% regular trailer. SC's (short ocean containers on chassis that are never removed) are heavier than a regular W trailer, so if you have irregs in an SC you definitely want that one up front. Too heavy in the rear and you are likely to jack knife in a hard braking situation. Also, having and SC in the rear can cause damage when doing very tight turns or U turns as the trailer is squared off and the corners can hit the front box. This is especially possible with two SC's. We generally hate those SC's. Some odd 28' trailers can only go on the rear as they were made to different specs and have the pintle hook for a dolly higher because most other carriers use a straight dolly vs. the angled one we use. No idea why we have to have a different dolly than everyone else. [/QUOTE]

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