Levelling with Scissor Jacks
I know I'm going to get flamed, but I replaced the (4) OEM single arm stabilizers on my Trail Cruiser 30 ft travel trailer with (6) 24" scissor jacks. I experimented with lifting excessive weight with...
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I have posted pictures in the past of trailer frame damage… there is no reason to repost them to shoe how light duty they really are… I have also stated many times my friends weld shop does frame repairs for several local RV dealers and they supply him with plenty of work, many I have seen in his shop for myself…
you don’t need to be a engineer to see the damage and you don’t have to be a expert to know how the industry shortchanges the construction of these things and makes up for it in glitz… I have been around them for to long…
The quality of the frames they design for RV’s are on par with the quality of tires they put on them… we have read enough about tires… like the tires most of the time you won’t have a problem…
There’s no need to take my or another’s word on it, every related mfg is consistent on this… it doesn’t take a genius to research this on your own…
but you do need to have a open mind and apply a little commonsense…
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Approx. 2 years ago, our family went from owning our own house to being houseless - we sold our sticks and bricks and bought a toy hauler to call home while we travel the country. In the past few weeks, we have gone from being houseless but with a home (our toy hauler), to being homeless. Our 5th wheel has suffered frame failure. And it’s not just our frame that is experiencing failure, I believe that there is a failure of the RV community to realize that this is a problem that happens to 5th wheels all too commonly
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We owned a 2005 Prowler Regal TT (34?) with a Lippert frame. The cross members collapsed like paper and the frame bent sideways at the axles.
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I am lowering landing gear and notice that the drivers side skins are just torn up and cracked…You got it front of frame broke again….
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1000 miles from home. Broken RV frame, 2010 model.
I have weighed the RV and it is not overloaded. I actually even lightened it for this trip.
I pulled into the campground and walked in to the office. Looking back at the RV, my jaw dropped (as did my stomach) when I saw this
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I have a 1998 Wilderness 31ft 5th wheel and was getting ready to leave the campsite yesterday when I noticed the passenger side rear tire had a gap of 1" between the rear tire and front tire and the drivers side had a gap of about 4". Where the rear shackle is welded to the frame broke (the frame not the shackle) and had caused the axle to shift. Right now the RV is about 2 hours from home stranded at the campground
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we ended up having the area fixed by a welder that does a lot of trailer frame repairs. so you might want to take a look at your frame
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the welder said they see weld failures all the time and this failure was probably from making sharp turns and flexing the rear axle and the welds that failed were done on the inside of the I beam > the welder also said they are repairing more and more frames
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And none of these claimed to use corner jacks for lifting or leveling…
There are hundreds if not thousands of post about frame and frame failures in many forums including this one… many if not most of the problems are a combination of poor quality and user abuse and much of the user abuse is done willingly and against conventional wisdom and advise, aided by encouragement from others willingly doing the same thing…
Usually accompanied with the popular forum phrase “ sure you can, I do it all the time”…
you don’t need to be a engineer to see the damage and you don’t have to be a expert to know how the industry shortchanges the construction of these things and makes up for it in glitz… I have been around them for to long…
The quality of the frames they design for RV’s are on par with the quality of tires they put on them… we have read enough about tires… like the tires most of the time you won’t have a problem…
There’s no need to take my or another’s word on it, every related mfg is consistent on this… it doesn’t take a genius to research this on your own…
but you do need to have a open mind and apply a little commonsense…
Snip
Approx. 2 years ago, our family went from owning our own house to being houseless - we sold our sticks and bricks and bought a toy hauler to call home while we travel the country. In the past few weeks, we have gone from being houseless but with a home (our toy hauler), to being homeless. Our 5th wheel has suffered frame failure. And it’s not just our frame that is experiencing failure, I believe that there is a failure of the RV community to realize that this is a problem that happens to 5th wheels all too commonly
Snip
We owned a 2005 Prowler Regal TT (34?) with a Lippert frame. The cross members collapsed like paper and the frame bent sideways at the axles.
Snip
I am lowering landing gear and notice that the drivers side skins are just torn up and cracked…You got it front of frame broke again….
Snip
1000 miles from home. Broken RV frame, 2010 model.
I have weighed the RV and it is not overloaded. I actually even lightened it for this trip.
I pulled into the campground and walked in to the office. Looking back at the RV, my jaw dropped (as did my stomach) when I saw this
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I have a 1998 Wilderness 31ft 5th wheel and was getting ready to leave the campsite yesterday when I noticed the passenger side rear tire had a gap of 1" between the rear tire and front tire and the drivers side had a gap of about 4". Where the rear shackle is welded to the frame broke (the frame not the shackle) and had caused the axle to shift. Right now the RV is about 2 hours from home stranded at the campground
Snip
we ended up having the area fixed by a welder that does a lot of trailer frame repairs. so you might want to take a look at your frame
Snip
the welder said they see weld failures all the time and this failure was probably from making sharp turns and flexing the rear axle and the welds that failed were done on the inside of the I beam > the welder also said they are repairing more and more frames
Snip
And none of these claimed to use corner jacks for lifting or leveling…
There are hundreds if not thousands of post about frame and frame failures in many forums including this one… many if not most of the problems are a combination of poor quality and user abuse and much of the user abuse is done willingly and against conventional wisdom and advise, aided by encouragement from others willingly doing the same thing…
Usually accompanied with the popular forum phrase “ sure you can, I do it all the time”…
