My hitch is rated at 40k lbs. Most tell me your trailer should put 10% of it's weight on the tongue. That means the tongue should be 4k lbs. (if I was pulling a 40k lb. trailer). That would be about twice the weight of a Smart, wouldn't it? Can't remember your particular hitch setup so maybe it's not the right frame attachment? There's a guy on the Escapee's forum that is a pretty sharp engineer and has done a lot of "outside the box" stuff. He goes by "phoenix2013." I'd send him a private message with some pictures of your setup and see what he thinks. Might get pretty expensive though. What about getting a small open trailer to put the Smart on?
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'03 Freightliner FL112, 295" wheel base, with '03 United Specialties 26' living quarters, single screw, Cat C12 430 h/p 1650 torque, Eaton 10speed , 3.42 rear axle ratio
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