Trailer Suspension Upgrade / Help
We love our 5th wheel. Well, for the most part anyway. I'll say this right off the bat, I would never buy another rear kitchen model. It seems most every trip we take something in the kitchen breaks. ...
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Lot's of great feedback from everyone ... thanks so much!
For those recommending air or independent suspension, it's just not in the budget. I'm sure it would be a fantastic improvement though for sure.
My negative comments regarding aftermarket shocks derive from numerous discussions I have read regarding the position of the shocks in most kits. My "impression" from reading is that most installs provide a placebo affect. If I look at the shock positions on my cars and trucks they are much more upright than the installations I see on most trailers. The shocks just don't seem to be able to provide much effective dampening with those kits. The link I provided in my first post does seem a lot more effective but, again, I'm on a tight budget. I would rather spend the $300 on Lippert's or Dexter's aftermarket shock kits than $600 but I'm just hesitant to spend the money if the return isn't up to par.
We use all the tricks mentioned although we do tend to travel with some select things on the counters with the rubber liner material under them. It works most of the time but we just returned from a 2,000 mile trip and we ran into some horrendous stretches of California's finest freeways and, as I said, we encountered an unusually high amount of disruption in the kitchen.
Here's the damage in the refrigerator. I had a few bottles of beer in a shelf in the door and it literally broke the tabs off dropping the bottles onto the glass cover of the crisper, breaking it.
For those recommending air or independent suspension, it's just not in the budget. I'm sure it would be a fantastic improvement though for sure.
My negative comments regarding aftermarket shocks derive from numerous discussions I have read regarding the position of the shocks in most kits. My "impression" from reading is that most installs provide a placebo affect. If I look at the shock positions on my cars and trucks they are much more upright than the installations I see on most trailers. The shocks just don't seem to be able to provide much effective dampening with those kits. The link I provided in my first post does seem a lot more effective but, again, I'm on a tight budget. I would rather spend the $300 on Lippert's or Dexter's aftermarket shock kits than $600 but I'm just hesitant to spend the money if the return isn't up to par.
We use all the tricks mentioned although we do tend to travel with some select things on the counters with the rubber liner material under them. It works most of the time but we just returned from a 2,000 mile trip and we ran into some horrendous stretches of California's finest freeways and, as I said, we encountered an unusually high amount of disruption in the kitchen.
Here's the damage in the refrigerator. I had a few bottles of beer in a shelf in the door and it literally broke the tabs off dropping the bottles onto the glass cover of the crisper, breaking it.
