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towpro
Aug 10, 2018Explorer
my thoughts were about the load and how the tag axle would react to uneven ground.
since its air bags for suspension, any travel in axle will lower or raise that axles ability to carry load.
I did not look too hard, but in the pictures I have seen it appears there is no rear tie downs? does this mean when the tag axle crosses a raise in the road (or truck axle goes into a dip in road) does the camper back rise in the bed?
and what happens when your truck goes over the crest in road type bump? as front steer axle starts down crest, and rear axle is on crest, tag axle will be hanging up in the air (I see this on dump trucks all the time as they back down my driveway at home). it really puts a load on the tires that remain on the ground.
but in defence of the designer, it was during a time when people using common sense instead of lawyers to cover for there mistake. The tag axle is probably only carrying 1000 lbs of weight (on level ground). Not quite enough enough to cause your rear axle tires to blow out when you lift tag axle off the road. it might work good for those that push the factory SRW bed to the max (instead of buying 19.5" tires).
But in today's world, I can see someone thinking "wow, I can put that 11' triple side camper in my 1500 with this system"
since its air bags for suspension, any travel in axle will lower or raise that axles ability to carry load.
I did not look too hard, but in the pictures I have seen it appears there is no rear tie downs? does this mean when the tag axle crosses a raise in the road (or truck axle goes into a dip in road) does the camper back rise in the bed?
and what happens when your truck goes over the crest in road type bump? as front steer axle starts down crest, and rear axle is on crest, tag axle will be hanging up in the air (I see this on dump trucks all the time as they back down my driveway at home). it really puts a load on the tires that remain on the ground.
but in defence of the designer, it was during a time when people using common sense instead of lawyers to cover for there mistake. The tag axle is probably only carrying 1000 lbs of weight (on level ground). Not quite enough enough to cause your rear axle tires to blow out when you lift tag axle off the road. it might work good for those that push the factory SRW bed to the max (instead of buying 19.5" tires).
But in today's world, I can see someone thinking "wow, I can put that 11' triple side camper in my 1500 with this system"
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