How important is wheel base matching rig to trailer?

[Grenade1]

I have been infatuated with building an expedition trailer for the last month or so. I would like it to be the host of a RTT so the fam can go exploring. I proposed the idea to my wife and she is a little hesitant on moving forward. She has a few concerns but believe it or not the major concern she has is storage. It basically cannot be in the driveway or on the street where she can see it. I have a 3 car garage but one stall is my work shop and also holds my motorcycle, one stall is hers to park in and the 3rd holds all the kids bikes and toys with some storage shelving. Outside I have minimal space to store in the yard to be of her liking so I really have to come up with it a plan of attack before I can move forward.

I think I want to get an M416 type trailer or one of similar size. I think I may be able to find room in the garage due to its smallish size. My concern I am seeing is that the wheel base of the trailer is about a foot narrower than my truck. I have a 2nd gen Tundra. I do not plan on doing serious Overlanding but will be off road from time to time. Is this something that I should be concerned with? Or am I overthinking it for the minimal off road I will be doing?

Any comments or suggestions are welcome.

Thanks
Tony

 

[Steve F]

For the fairly light weight trailers I don't find it that critical, I have pulled mine through deep heavily rutted sand tracks with no problems at all. It would probably be better if it followed the vehicle tracks but for relatively light weight trailers it'll be fine, just keep an eye on it on off camber stuff etc as it can ride with one wheel out of the ruts and get on more of a side angle when all feels good from the vehicle.

Cheers
Steve

 

[SnoViking]

I just saw this last night on YouTube and Andrew St. Pierre White explains it very well.

[video]https://youtu.be/gnqnIQSe6DA?t=11m49s[/video] (I even found where he starts to talk about it for you)

 

[Grenade1]

For the fairly light weight trailers I don't find it that critical, I have pulled mine through deep heavily rutted sand tracks with no problems at all. It would probably be better if it followed the vehicle tracks but for relatively light weight trailers it'll be fine, just keep an eye on it on off camber stuff etc as it can ride with one wheel out of the ruts and get on more of a side angle when all feels good from the vehicle.

Cheers
Steve

Kind of figured I might be over thinking it. Thanks for the input.

 

[Grenade1]

I just saw this last night on YouTube and Andrew St. Pierre White explains it very well.

[video]https://youtu.be/gnqnIQSe6DA?t=11m49s[/video] (I even found where he starts to talk about it for you)

That is a good explanation of it but I would think having wheelbase difference in your vehicle is a little more serious than tow rig and trailer. Thanks for the video.