A camper you may never see in your lifetime
Back in 07 we were traveling and seeing all the sights in the Dakotas and saw this camper. There was a big family and the grandparents. It was the grandparents rig. It was still in perfect condit...
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mkirsch wrote:
It's not like a truck where the axle and frame are designed to support the weight. Camper's liable to go "crunch" somewhere, most likely at the tiedowns.
That's probably why you don't see campers with tag axles like this these days.
I bet there are several designs, but on my Prevost bus, the tag had airbags inflated to 60 psi, what was giving it preset carrying rating.
In case I would cross the ditch and more weight would go on tag, the system had pressure-relieve valve set at 80 psi, preventing the tag to carry more load.
Pretty simple and efficient on bus, but I agree that primitive tag on those TC were trouble waiting to happen.
