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nayther
Mar 08, 2018Explorer
SAR Tracker wrote:beemerphile1 wrote:
The fix was to weld 2x2 under the existing tongue rails. The fix requires cutting some of the metal under the rail where it goes under the box.
The original frame was 1/8"
Add to that "lightening holes" throughout the frame that's bordering on criminal, I guess they thought the waffling/corrugating of the vertical web would add sufficient stiffness; they thought wrong.
Had naive friend buy one with a bent front A frame and he brought it out to a ride like that! I asked him if he got a good deal on the trailer due to needing repairs, he had no idea something was wrong; how could you miss it? The batteries were almost touching the front of the coach!
Stupid is as stupid does.
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