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Gjac
Explorer III
Sep 27, 2019

Chassis strength of 20 -26 ft trailers with one slide

I have been looking at small TT's with one slide and was wondering what would be the difference in the chassis(frame) construction of the various models. I was not able to see much info on the frame c...
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goducks10
Explorer
Sep 27, 2019
The ORV will have the strongest frame. Doesn't mean the others are not going to last a long time. It mainly depends on the type of usage.
Remember if you have a 7000 GVW and two 3500# axles, you need to subtract the tongue weight form the TT's loaded weight.

If your 7000 GVW TT weighs 6800 lbs all loaded for camping and has an 800lb tongue weight, then you only have 6000 lbs on the axles.

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