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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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RobertRyan
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Nov 06, 2013
Tin Pusher wrote:
So what do they use? Leaf springs?

You are right in your assumption but Leaf Springs and flipped axles disappeared sometime ago. Ther are about 6 different types of Off Road suspensions(and a similar number of hitches) used on Caravans and the few Off Road 5Th wheelers.
Here are two examples.

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