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RobertRyan
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Oct 29, 2013

5th Wheelers in Australia slowly getting accepted

After some very negative impressions with imported US 5vers by Australians ,casting a shadow over the 5th wheeler concept., locally built 5th Wheelers are tentatively getting a foothold. Jayco has s...
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wilber1
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Nov 05, 2013
Most N/A 5ers are under suspensioned and under tired. Look at the average 5er with a GVWR of around 14K and it will probably only have 6K axles. They are counting on a 2K pin weight just to stay legal. There is no excess capacity designed in so it is no wonder suspensions fail under any kind of hard off pavement use.

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