small motorbike on rear of travel trailer
google tossed me very old, and now closed, thread from this forum regarding folks wanting to add a mount for their motor cycles on the back of their travel trailer. I want to thank all those that pos...
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hondaCT90 wrote:In house means they mfg builds their own frame instead of ordering them in. Lippert builds the majority of pre- made frames and a lot of companies use them because there cheaper then building there own frames.
ok Collie...i've googled and not finding the info...please school me a bit on "in house " frame... i know that 2 different experienced trailer guys looked under the bellie and commented that my rig had better than expected frames.. "H" beams instead of "I"...or something.. I'll plead ignorance...but they were both confident that the load i was wanting to carry was within reason.
and i also don't drive with the waste tanks full ..but rather dump right away and then keep the fresh water tank (under the bed up in the nose) full to counter balance for tongue weight.
appreciate the lesson if you'd be so kind
The mfg that builds their own frames tends to be higher quality and have less problems.
If you buy a new trailer (like you discussed) make sure the mfg builds their own frame if you plan on hanging weight off the back and you will lesson the chance of having a problem.
Your Northwood is built better then most. A lot of new trailers are a lot of fluff and cheaply built to sell at a lower price.
