Shock absorbers on 5th wheel
The way you check shock absorbers on a car does not work on a 5th wheel so how does one check the shock absorbers ??
Forum Discussion
Jerry B wrote:Wild Card wrote:. 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.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
On stiff sprung trailers that don't have very much spring movement, shocks probably don't make any difference.
