Shock absorbers on 5th wheel

Jerry B wrote:

Wild Card wrote:

B.O. Plenty wrote:
The shocks on a Heartland product are mounted at almost a horizontal angle. Questionable if they do any good at all. All of mine were bent when I had a Heartland. I don't think they did anything.

B.O.

Useless

. Three of my four shocks broke off at the lower end spring plate. I took them all off and have noticed no difference while towing. I question the necessity of shock absorbers on heavy trailers.

On stiff sprung trailers that don't have very much spring movement, shocks probably don't make any difference.

Wild Card wrote:

B.O. Plenty wrote:
The shocks on a Heartland product are mounted at almost a horizontal angle. Questionable if they do any good at all. All of mine were bent when I had a Heartland. I don't think they did anything.

B.O.

Useless

. Three of my four shocks broke off at the lower end spring plate. I took them all off and have noticed no difference while towing. I question the necessity of shock absorbers on heavy trailers.

Bob Vaughn wrote:
I wonder how many miles shocks on a 5th wheel are good for?

IMO. one never knows. Original on my previous rig had one bent rod. Shock would not move. Two others had lost all function. Fourth would not move. These were original to the rig. Went with Monroe.

B.O. Plenty wrote:
The shocks on a Heartland product are mounted at almost a horizontal angle. Questionable if they do any good at all. All of mine were bent when I had a Heartland. I don't think they did anything.

B.O.

Useless

The shocks on a Heartland product are mounted at almost a horizontal angle. Questionable if they do any good at all. All of mine were bent when I had a Heartland. I don't think they did anything.

B.O.

I ran the Monroe gas magnums but two of them leaked oil after a few years. I now have KYB KG5514 mono tube gas shocks. I prefer the KYB's .

Depends of the miles and time .If you get 10 years out of them that perfect.

I wonder how many miles shocks on a 5th wheel are good for?

The only way to truly check them is remove one end move them in and out and check for resistance. If you have gas charged units you won't see leakage so even on a vehicle you have to remove them to really see if they are really working, if you go that far just replace them. Monroe Gas Magnums work really good on a trailer,that's what I'm using.

Denny

goducks10 wrote:

larry barnhart wrote:
I changed our 2001 alpenlite shocks during the summer. Big difference on the push and pull from old to new. No leaks. I just felt it was time for a change.

chevman

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X3
Checked mine while installing the Correct Track, way easier to push pull then when installed. Got new Monroe’s much more resistance the the ones installed.