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Acei
Aug 08, 2013Explorer
kakampers wrote:Atom Ant wrote:
The heavier DRV frames are just taller - 15" versus 12", to hold the additional weight. Just like the front piston on the front Lippert landing gear is larger than the Redwood. It's all about the weight on the DRV, but it's still a Lippert I-beam frame.
I know there are those that believe it's all in the specs, but I don't believe there is a lot of basis to that. Any of the failures I have seen have been in the welds anyway, and to be honest - other than a rumor of a Landmark frame fail recently - I haven't really read of a frame issue on the Lippert frames for the last several year models in any manufacturer.
Not so...Mobile Suite and Elite Suites are stacked BOXED steel frame 15" high...Tradition is a 12" I beam frame...very different.
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All of the 4 manufacturers mentioned before are boxed frame based and out of all still in business manufacturers, these are the only ones remaining. (Don't know much about Starcraft but I guess they also belong in this group). Once again, I'm not one of those who puts 90% of all the scores on the frame strength, but facts are facts.
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