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Hey Everyone, I made a trip across the state to pick up my little 5er. It has been parked for a while and we have been using it as "guest quarters" for the last year. It donned on me as we got o...
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Axle and trailer makers don't offer suspension blocks as OEM or as a option.
The safest way to raise a trailer is with a sub frame method (a riser) made from rectangular steel tubing added between the main frame rails and the suspension.
Having seen the results of suspension block damage and aftermath on two different road trailers I wouldn't recommend anyone adding blocks over say 1" thick to a trailer.
One member contacted Dexter and had this to say; (see Spyksman reply)
clicky
**I talked to a dexter tec today and he advised aginst using the taller equalizers he said that it would throw the alinment out. His sugestion was to use a sub frame or get longer hangers. I did not like that idea because of the thin frame he agreed and again sugested the sub frame. His name is Mark Pray a very nice person to talk to and was very knowledgeable of the product. I got his name from a local dexter axel and trailer parts supply house. I know that I will be doing a new sub frame. I my self am upgrading to a 16"wheel and on mr laredo trailer there would not be enough clearance on the top as well as the rod that ties the front and rear slide control together. Hope this helps. I am planing on a 3" lift and this will also give me more bed clearance.**
The safest way to raise a trailer is with a sub frame method (a riser) made from rectangular steel tubing added between the main frame rails and the suspension.
Having seen the results of suspension block damage and aftermath on two different road trailers I wouldn't recommend anyone adding blocks over say 1" thick to a trailer.
One member contacted Dexter and had this to say; (see Spyksman reply)
clicky
**I talked to a dexter tec today and he advised aginst using the taller equalizers he said that it would throw the alinment out. His sugestion was to use a sub frame or get longer hangers. I did not like that idea because of the thin frame he agreed and again sugested the sub frame. His name is Mark Pray a very nice person to talk to and was very knowledgeable of the product. I got his name from a local dexter axel and trailer parts supply house. I know that I will be doing a new sub frame. I my self am upgrading to a 16"wheel and on mr laredo trailer there would not be enough clearance on the top as well as the rod that ties the front and rear slide control together. Hope this helps. I am planing on a 3" lift and this will also give me more bed clearance.**
