Gjac wrote:
TurnThePage wrote:
When I was trailer shopping, I noticed that shorter trailers usually ended up with relatively stronger frames. That cheap I beam works fine for 20 or 25 feet, but gets weaker the longer you go.
I thought this may be the case. If they use the same cross section and same thickness it should be stronger. Is there anyway of finding this info out? Bert mentioned LCI, who else makes these frames? who makes the frames for the ORV trailers?
ORV frames are made in house at the Northwoods (Arctic Fox/Fash) chassis plant.
When I was shopping, it was very apparent that others were not using the same heavy gauge materials as Northwoods. If the particular models you are looking at do have similar looking frame, they may be similar in strength. However LCI frames usually won't have gussets at the spring mounts or shocks, and may crossmembers may installed further apart. Remember that LCI only builds to spec. It's up to the RV makers to decide what extra features are included. Some LCI frames are just fine, and do include all the extra strengthening details.
