Does this frame cross-member break matter?
Yes, I suppose it matters. I was chasing a plumbing issue and discovered this when I opened up the underbelly of the rig. At first I thought it was one of the black tank supports but on closer ins...
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I would not drag a trailer 5 feet without boxing in the frame area of the hangers. The very best way is to rivet the box or fish plate. If welded the entire distance plus six inches fore and aft the extreme distance of hangers run inch long beads with inch no weld gaps in between.
That is why I recommended the Allstate 275. It does not heat up the parent metal as much as 6013 or 7018
I have towed trailers over washboard road so fiercely rippled that when I tried driving just a pickup truck fast enough to try and cancel the pounding it tore a riveted shock mount pad to frame loose from the truck (year 1984). I never had a frame crack. But then again I reinforced the frame first. I dragged a 31' Prowler to Tikal Guatemala then to Gracias Honduras with no problems. You can bet your bippy the terraceria (gravel road) of 90-miles length would have tested the frame.
My God, they are building "dumplings" to baby-sit from one RV park to another. How sad.
That is why I recommended the Allstate 275. It does not heat up the parent metal as much as 6013 or 7018
I have towed trailers over washboard road so fiercely rippled that when I tried driving just a pickup truck fast enough to try and cancel the pounding it tore a riveted shock mount pad to frame loose from the truck (year 1984). I never had a frame crack. But then again I reinforced the frame first. I dragged a 31' Prowler to Tikal Guatemala then to Gracias Honduras with no problems. You can bet your bippy the terraceria (gravel road) of 90-miles length would have tested the frame.
My God, they are building "dumplings" to baby-sit from one RV park to another. How sad.
