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:
Just curious...is there some advantage to this design that I'm missing? Having a trailer coupler sit lower to the ground wouldn't seem to have any benefit at all, especially since the height of the trailer itself doesn't change...I'm trying to understand why a trailer frame/coupler would be designed this way in the first place
My guess is it's faster to build. No cutting out of the front cross piece. Less welding as well. You only have 2 small weld points when you run the A frame under the frame.
Running it through the from cross piece you need to weld more in the contact points. Plus no time to cut out the slots for the A frame to run through the cross piece.
