Trailer Rebuild fun

[Mattlikesbikes]

My trailer rebuild is not as fun as I imagined except when I get the use the angle grinder.
I was originally going to just put new bunks and keel rollers and replace the rusty hardware but I am going to end up replacing the leaf springs and possibly the axel and hubs.  Oh and the tongue is bent.

I am going to have the bent part cut off. Detach the pivoting part of Magic Tilt and bring out the bottom half and weld them together and have a new coupler installed. The one trailer shop around me wants $200 for the work.

After all this  the trailer should be good for another 30 years

[Mattlikesbikes]

What do you guys think instead of welding the tongue unbolt the pivoting tongue and mount a 17 inch coupler on the top tongue.  It would probable shorten up  the overall length of the tongue by  6 -12 inches.  How much do you think that will affect the tongue weight?

[Salty19]

I wouldn't shorten it. Think about launching. Your car will need to back down the ramp that much more. Tongue weight would increase which can be offset by moving the axle