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:TTs that use this design generally sit higher, which gives more ground clearance. FWIW, If my TT had the other design, I would have to turn the drop hitch over to make it a rise. The disadvantage of that is it would likely interfere with opening the tailgate
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
