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Endricken
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Apr 16, 2015

Reese Goosebox and Lippert Frame Failure Report

After hitting an unavoidable (single construction lane) very large pothole in lonely west TX on I-10 west of Van Horn TX, (about 31,400 towed miles) last month, my truck’s transmission was partially d...
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oldbeek
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Apr 17, 2015
That stress at the kingpin plate is called "bending moment". As the lever length is increased, the bending moment increases rapidly. With the standard fw plate the bending moment is nearly zero. With a 3 foot lever the bending moment is probably 20 to 30,000 lbs.

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