Attention all Wolf Creek 850 Owners
Hi all I own (owned) a 2012 wolf creek 850 and the passenger side front anchor bolt was spliced in with a small sheet of plywood. This piece of plywood failed, ripped out and my Wolf Creek rolled...
Forum Discussion
Artum Snowbird wrote:
Tie downs should only be affixed to main load bearing beams that spread the load along the beam. The method that Wolf Creek used is about the same as trying to pull a trailer by a hook mounted on the front wall of a trailer hoping the wall will not pull through rather than on the main frame carrying the load.
Bingo!!...Attachment points should only be pass-thru bolted thru a main structural beam period (not cantilevered with mere lag screws - think, the lever effect...), nor should it be up to any unwary consumer to detect...Might there have been 'contributing' factors?? Of course, there always is (wind, ruts, speed, et al...), but not to obscure the actual root-flaw...WC's rather curious HappiJac disclaimer is very telling (if so, why so??...) in and of itself, and in my view with the possibility of passengers riding in the TC, a very disjointed and unfortunate design defense. Again, JMO...
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