poor frame design on travel trailer
On our Crossroads Z1 252BH (year 2016), the a-frame/coupler is mounted underneath the main frame rails of the trailer, rather than butted up to the main frame rails...this configuration results in the...
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trailernovice wrote:Another option would be to flip the axles, (put the spring perch on top of the axle instead of below it)if they are mounted on the bottom. This would give you more ground clearance overall by about 4".
The lower picture posted by Ralph Cramden is the exact unit we have....picture how low to the ground the thing rides, with w/d bars, on a 1500-series truck...it's low as it sits in the picture, and the front end looks slightly jacked up to me...picture it hooked up to a truck...having the trailer level means less than 6 inches of clearance between the w/d bars and the road.
I'll give some thought to the 'raise the hitch' idea...don't really want to travel nose-high, but would be better than scraping everything
I'm not looking for solutions...best solution would be to trade...just pointing this out as something folks looking to buy should be aware of
BTW...thanks for your efforts, Ralph!
