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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JBarca's images illustrate the issue...to answer his question, yes--this hitch was used on a previous unit (2011 Palomino Puma 25BH...very similar in size/weight/layout to current TT, but 'conventional' A-frame design rather than the 'underhung' on the current trailer)
For now, I've gone with the 'raise the hitch ball' suggestion made be several post-ers...thanks for that! Raising it one notch up the shank gained me a few inches without making the rig nose-high...We'll see how that works...should avoid most of the scraping/bottoming out...
if that still happens, will look into the equalizer hitch some have recommended...
what WON'T happen is a trade just to resolve this one issue...just out of curiosity I looked into what a dealer would offer as trade-in value (understanding that at the end of the day, the REAL issue is the difference between the number the dealer puts on the trade-in and the selling price of their unit...ex. dealer may offer what seems like tremendous value for the trade-in but make up the difference by sticking at or close to MSRP)...we were just too far apart...
For now, I've gone with the 'raise the hitch ball' suggestion made be several post-ers...thanks for that! Raising it one notch up the shank gained me a few inches without making the rig nose-high...We'll see how that works...should avoid most of the scraping/bottoming out...
if that still happens, will look into the equalizer hitch some have recommended...
what WON'T happen is a trade just to resolve this one issue...just out of curiosity I looked into what a dealer would offer as trade-in value (understanding that at the end of the day, the REAL issue is the difference between the number the dealer puts on the trade-in and the selling price of their unit...ex. dealer may offer what seems like tremendous value for the trade-in but make up the difference by sticking at or close to MSRP)...we were just too far apart...
