Offroad Travel Trailers in the US?
My favorite type of camping is in the middle of nowhere, away from everyone else. This often means travel over hundreds of miles off road. I'm not talking a dirt road you could take a prius on, but a ...
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themoreweexplore wrote:gmw photos wrote:
Be careful with that idea. Really do some serious homework on the idea, because A/S are built with a rather light main frame, because the riveted skin becomes part of the structure itself. It's possible to damage the body structure if you flex the main frame too much.
Would rollers put more stress on the trailer than drag bars? I figured the less it's dragging the best, but I suppose wheels may encourage it to lift up rather than dig down.
I do wish the airstream frames were beefier like the old Avions.
Andy at his dealership Inland RV in CA has fifty years experience with AS trailers. He first worked for the corporation before setting out on his own. Bars wear off, meant to. Rollers, not on AS. Too much stress.
On my Silver Streak (and I think on Avion) rollers are factory installed. But the key is a TT with a relatively shorter rear overhang.
Going off-road, you may as well buy one of the disposable trailers (where the finance note last longer than the RV) versus the lifetime aircraft aluminum trailers.
But, there are those who drag them thru Mexico and Central America. Short ones.
