Travel Trailer Shock Absorber Kit
Within the last year, both Motorhome and Trailer Life magazine published an article describing a shock absorber retrofit kit for trailers. It was not any Monroe related product. For the life of me...
Forum Discussion
padec21 wrote:
The purpose of shocks is to keep your wheels in contact with the road to maintain control. Why would you need them on a trailer?
You should watch the tires on a trailer in front of you on a bumpy road. They take a beating because the trailer keeps bouncing and the tires keep distorting until it stops. This is certainly the cause of some blowouts and ages tires prematurely. If you could ride back there is would feel squirrely and out of control as it bounces down the road.
But even better is how little you feel bumps and expansion joints with the addition of shocks. Without shocks you feel all kinds of surface regularities. With them you feel almost nothing. It makes for a much smoother and less fatiguing drive.
Shocks were the single best thing I ever did to my TT.
