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DutchmenSport
Mar 20, 2016Explorer
After reading all the additional comments here and looking at the photos again, I do NOW see the problem. The original photo is a bit deceiving, looking down on the tongue, it's kind of hard to see the height of the bottom of the hitch on the truck to the ground. I now see it, and agree, this is a problem.
As other have stated, the trailer coupler looks like it's most of the problem for the entire system having to set so low. I'll be honest, I don't think I've EVER seen a trailer coupler mounted on the bottom of the frame. This concept might have been around for a hundred years, but this is the first I've seen it and it was pointed on this forum thread. And when I first looked at the original photo, I missed it completely.
Looking at the photo again, I'm not sure how this would be fixed, without surgery to the trailer now.
The OP said she was taking the trailer back to the original location where she purchased it, although under new management. I think, at this point, this is the wisest move the OP can make.
Hopefully, with everyone's combined knowledge, the OP has enough ammunition now to take back to the dealer so she can have an informed discussion for the best approach to resolve the problem.
Looked at the photo and reading the posts again, (actually, a couple times all the way through now), I find myself learning something new again from these forums. I suppose, like children, it only takes one person to own an RV, but "it takes a village" to keep us RV-ing!
As other have stated, the trailer coupler looks like it's most of the problem for the entire system having to set so low. I'll be honest, I don't think I've EVER seen a trailer coupler mounted on the bottom of the frame. This concept might have been around for a hundred years, but this is the first I've seen it and it was pointed on this forum thread. And when I first looked at the original photo, I missed it completely.
Looking at the photo again, I'm not sure how this would be fixed, without surgery to the trailer now.
The OP said she was taking the trailer back to the original location where she purchased it, although under new management. I think, at this point, this is the wisest move the OP can make.
Hopefully, with everyone's combined knowledge, the OP has enough ammunition now to take back to the dealer so she can have an informed discussion for the best approach to resolve the problem.
Looked at the photo and reading the posts again, (actually, a couple times all the way through now), I find myself learning something new again from these forums. I suppose, like children, it only takes one person to own an RV, but "it takes a village" to keep us RV-ing!
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