Cummins12V98 wrote:
Me Again wrote:
The best option is to have a good welding shop add a subframe between the spring hangers and the trailers frame. Square or rectangular tubing. While they are at it , it does not hurt to have tubes run side to side at the three spring hanger locations. The picture below is after a frame repair. It shows old subframe and new cross tubes and gussets at the hangers. Print it off and take it to the welding shop with you.
Chris
Did you do the work or did Smiley's?
Looks just like the job a friend of mine and I did on our last 5er.
Those are Smiley's welding beads!!!!! They are not cheap, however they do quality work!!!
They flipped the axles about 6 years ago and fixed the I-beam cracks a few years ago.
Nice people to deal with. I was two weeks from leaving for Arizona and they got me in to fix the I-beam cracks.
I contacted both Lippert and Cardinal, and one of them helped me with the bill!
Chris
