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howardwheeler
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Oct 12, 2018

Anyone knowledgeable about fifth wheel construction?

A couple of weeks ago I had a major frame failure on my fifth wheel. I posted about it with some pictures a week and a half ago. The main metal beam that goes to the nose cracked. We got that welded...
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howardwheeler
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Oct 12, 2018
Sorry Elkfarmer, I posted my reply before yours showed up. The frame over the nose is above floor level unlike the main lower section. So any bolting would have to be through the side wall or up from the floor into the beam. But we found evidence of neither

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