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gmw photos wrote:
I've owned and pulled various trailers since 1968. Currently I own and regularly pull four trailers. Two have torflex ( "rubber glide" in my way of saying ), and two have leaf springs. All four are tandem axle.
They all tow correctly behind two different trucks, and all ride acceptably. I can't think of one single time that I have been driving down the road and thought to myself, "gee this trailer sure pulls well because of the type of suspension".
To me the real advantage of the trailers I have with the torflex axles is the floor loading height is lower. Which is quite possibly why the trailer designer chose torflex for these trailers.
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โApr-23-2017 06:06 PM
bluefishgary wrote:
Ok lets try this. How much does a spring axle go up and down??
How much does a torsion axle go up and down??
Does a spring have more travle or the torsion have more?
Better ride spring or torsion?
Just so you all know my trailer is a 3 axle torsion axle rides very good
My weight is 12,000lbs. I am think about shocks.Even if there is no kit
I can build what I need. My last trailer a 2 axle @ 10,000 I put shocks
made a BIG differance. ok Lets the games begin. Thanks Gary
โApr-23-2017 05:21 PM
CloudDriver wrote:
Here's my $0.02.
A torsion bar and a coil spring are two versions of the same thing, assuming the same material of construction,heat treatment, etc.
Visualize it this way, a torsion bar twists when acting as a spring. A coil spring is just a torsion bar that is wound into a spiral. When a coil spring is compressed the metal that makes up the spiral gets twisted. If a torsion bar has the same spring rate as a coil spring, the axle will go up and down the same amount.
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