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I now have more than 2K miles on the trailer, some on steep gravel roads, and I have never felt the trailer push on me when stopping. I can hardly even tell that it's there. Except the bouncing on roads like this.
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Bottom mount fabricated from rectangle tube.
Top mount fabricated from angle iron.
Then I added these. They are little nitrogen gas filled shocks, I think the littlest ones made by Monroe. The stroke is only 4 inches.
I now have more than 2K miles on the trailer, some on steep gravel roads, and I have never felt the trailer push on me when stopping. I can hardly even tell that it's there. Except the bouncing on roads like this.
New disc brake actuator. I had to drill new holes because the tongue was shortened. The wiring is still 4-prong and the reverse lockout solenoid wire has no place to connect until I replace the socket with a 7-pin.
Here is the basic cost of adding stainless disc brakes to a little trailer. Not cheap, but the initial trial was really, really impressive.
This is the spot where I thought I needed to move the second U-bolt in order for the tongue weight would be 230#. I stopped an inch short of my guesstimate for a tongue weight of 228#. Just lucky (assuming I'm right on my total weight estimate). UPDATE: Trailer axle weight is 2200# with full gas, water, etc.
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I now have more than 2K miles on the trailer, some on steep gravel roads, and I have never felt the trailer push on me when stopping. I can hardly even tell that it's there. Except the bouncing on roads like this.

I now have more than 2K miles on the trailer, some on steep gravel roads, and I have never felt the trailer push on me when stopping. I can hardly even tell that it's there. Except the bouncing on roads like this.
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The first thing that I did was remove the old hitch and shorten the tongue. The new disc brake actuator was 6 inches longer than the original hitch and I thought the tongue was already too long.
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