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As long as you are not exceeding your truck's rear GAWR, the trailer's (and your hitch's) maximum tongue weight, and the trailer follows the truck fine (no swaying or other instability), there should be no concern.Here's the source of the question. I was pulling a 14k gvwr trailer (2800 curb) with my 2500. I was hauling a 1500# SxS. That weight seemed like peanuts for the system so I tied it down at the very front of the trailer. There should have been zero structural concerns, but the cg of the trailer was probably a good bit further forward than if I had 10000# on it. Just wondering if that matters at all.
That said, why do you not want to center your SxS ATV on the trailer (having it slightly forward of the trailer axle(s))?
Do you also haul large 4x8' sheets of styrofoam behind your ATV and is why you can't load the ATV at center?
That's pretty much how I do it too. It's worked well for hauling everything from ATVs to loads of furniture to a cord of firewood.All you have to do is watch the truck as you are loading. Move forward on the trailer till the truck settles down in the back a 1 inch or 2. Stop there, works for me. Of course you know your truck, so different trucks settle different amounts.
If it gives problems, pull over and move the load. Experience is the best teacher, no one got up one morning and suddenly knew everything there was to know about towing and pulling loaded trailers.