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@Rowan42
Its undoubtedly a better design for distances, however I am not shore that the one wheeled trailer is a better load bearing design though.
By having two wheels and carefully loading the weight directly over the trailer axles a large amount of stress on the pulling arm should be eliminated.
But the one wheeled design acts like a bridge transferring all of the load between the bicycle and trailer wheel, so the actual structure of the trailer will be bearing more weight.
Also because i am going for two wheeled design i need a single arm because the twin arm does not accommodate for the twist motion that a two wheeled trailer will have.
This is my first trailer but i don't think it will be my last, so i am learning as i go along. I am not an engineer i just like making things so i might be very wrong with my ideas, let me know.