How to Weigh A Utility Trailer

Utility trailers are useful, coming in a variety of shapes and sizes to serve a number of purposes, and can offer some of the functionality of a roof rack’s weight bearing capabi...

Safely Loading & Unloading Flatbed Trailers 

Loading and unloading flatbed trailers must be done correctly to avoid dangerous accidents and serious injuries. If you overload or improperly load a trailer, you could lose contro...

How to Weigh a Trailer at Home

Whether you have a travel trailer, a boat trailer, or a utility trailer, it’s important to know its weight. Knowing your trailer weight is important for registration purposes, as...

How Far Can Something Hang Off The Back Of A Truck?

When you’re carrying a longer load, it can be confusing to try and figure out the answer to a seemingly simple question: how much can something hang off the back of your truck?&n...

How to Weigh a Boat Trailer

So you need to weigh your boat trailer. Maybe it’s for registration purposes (similarly to a utility trailer), or maybe it’s to make sure you don’t overload your rig (similar...

How Much Weight Can A Roof Rack Hold?

Overloading a roof rack can cause serious problems. For this reason, the universal cap for a roof rack is roughly 165 pounds. However, how much weight a roof rack can hold starts w...

7 Tips for Safely Hauling Lumber in a Pickup Truck 

The average pickup bed is six to eight feet long. So how do you haul 16 ft lumber or even 20 ft lumber in your pickup truck? Rather than letting it haphazardly hang from your truck...

How to Determine SUV Load Capacity

SUVs are popular because of their cargo capacity, durability, and go-anywhere attitude. While it seems logical that large SUVs offer advantages without many negatives, many SUVs ha...

9 Utility Trailer Tailgate Ideas

Utility trailers are useful and versatile vehicles, the tailgate of which can be easily modified to best suit your needs in landscaping, construction, and transportation. The tailg...

Can a Truck Roll Over?

The Ford 2021 Bronco Sport recall has left some truck owners wondering how safe their trucks are, and has people asking if a commuter truck can roll over. The short answer to this...