Spread axle setup?
I see a few of the newer trailers being offered with what the dealer calls a spread axle setup with the wheels further apart and that is supposed to improve your towing experience. Is this just dea...
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8iron wrote:
Any facts to support any of your statements?
Probably not... Everyone has an opinion about everything on rv.net. Everybody is an armchair engineer too. Bottom line, if spread axles were grenading at the rate some posters here want you to believe, we would see spread axle carcasses all over the place. The gas stations would be littered with them... there would be piles of destroyed frames at campgrounds... there would be thread after thread after thread after thread about it on rv.net.
The reality is that the work for the intended purpose. Are they the BEST? Probably not. I would argue that NOTHING in the travel trailer world is the BEST. Everything is a compromise between durability, weight and cost.
We aren't driving around with class 8 semi's pulling our trailers... that would be the "best" in terms of pulling power and stopping abilities. We aren't driving around on run flat G rated tires that cost $1000 each... those would be a lot closer to the "best" than what we have.
My buddy has a spread axle and he likes how it tows. He goes camping maybe 8-10 times a year. That is 16 to 20 times he has to back in a year. No issues with backing up. He feels less sway and has a lighter tongue weight as a result. Great for him. My Jayco has standard axles and I like how it tows.
Buy what you want to buy and keep up with maintenance. If you do that, it probably doesn't matter which system you have. Just another 4 pages of belly-aching on rv.net...
