Too Much Trailer for the TV???

beemerphile1 wrote:

BarneyS wrote:

Great picture but do you know for a fact what happened to the frame?

It has a WDH. Was it too heavy rated for the TT?

Was the TT damaged in a previous accident?

Was it simply defective?

A number of Weekend Warriors were recalled due to the wrong gauge steel used for the tongue. The result was them slowly bending over time.

A trailer on a ball without a WDH will not be overly stressed by a heavier duty truck.

A picture without mucho information means nothing.

1. The only thing I know for a fact is that the A frame bent.
It has a ProPride hitch on it so I assume it had at least 1000lb bars which should not have been too much for the 6" A frame.

2. I don't know if that is a Weekend Warrior toy hauler or not.

3. What documentation can you provide for backing up your statement that a trailer on a ball W/O a WDH would not be overly stressed by a heavier duty truck?
Common sense tells me that is it possible that the HD truck could transmit more and stronger jolts to the A frame which could lead to metal fatigue.

4. My reason for posting the picture was in reaction to another members post that said "The entire trailer frame is simply going to rock on it's own springs. It isn't going to flex/stress or damage the A frame."
Barney