Lippert spec'd frame list
Which companies that use Lippert's frames & have their frames made specifically for their 5th wheels. (not a standard Lippert frame) 1)DRV 2)Cedar Creek 3) 4) 5) etc
Forum Discussion
colliehauler wrote:kakampers wrote:Didn't you have the air pin box for those 80k miles?colliehauler wrote:kakampers wrote:What caused the welds to break, I would be willing to bet they were stressed from bumps. Why would they be stressed ? Maybe because the frame flexed enough to put stress on the wall joints. A air pin box absorbs a lot of energy. I stand by my statement the root cause was frame flex. A few years back a Toyhauler was built with not enough support for the pin box and they added a air pin box as well.
Cracked walls are not always frame flex...our wall cracked in our Bighorn. The cause turned out to be broken welds in the aluminum wall studs...they broke due to our C4500 truck suspension and lack of air on the pin or the hitch. Absolutely nothing wrong with fiver frame...after fixing truck suspension and adding air pinbox, never had another problem.
And in our case you would be wrong! There was no frame flex...in fact, the complete opposite. Our Kodiak, when it was sent out for up fit with air bags, they left the jounce pads on...the bags never functioned and it was riding on the pads...beat the******out of the fiver.
We had the jounce pads removed and added the air pin ourselves...manufacturer fixed the side wall only, never touched the frame..never had another problem...if it had been frame flex it would have happened again during the 80k miles we put on it...it didn't!
If I'm wrong it would not be the first time and probably not the last.
Are you seriously trying to say that a air pin box will stop damage from frame flex???
