โOct-01-2017 11:57 AM
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โOct-08-2017 01:57 PM
Lynnsr wrote:GrandpaKip wrote:Lynnsr wrote:colliehauler wrote:
I take it you're talking about aerodynamics. Depends on size, lots of fiberglass trailers have a rounded shape but tend to be smaller.
Iv'e never seen this fiberglass trailer you speak of????
LynnSr
Casita, Scamp. Bigfoot, Oliver, Burro. Sure I'm missing a few.
I guess you have never seen an "Airstream".
I've seen all of the above and they do not come close to the same aerodynamic form.
Lynnsr
โOct-06-2017 08:40 AM
GrandpaKip wrote:Lynnsr wrote:colliehauler wrote:
I take it you're talking about aerodynamics. Depends on size, lots of fiberglass trailers have a rounded shape but tend to be smaller.
Iv'e never seen this fiberglass trailer you speak of????
LynnSr
Casita, Scamp. Bigfoot, Oliver, Burro. Sure I'm missing a few.
โOct-06-2017 06:01 AM
โOct-06-2017 12:33 AM
โOct-05-2017 05:37 PM
โOct-05-2017 04:56 PM
hvac wrote:SidecarFlip wrote:amxpress wrote:
Airstreams pull nicely because of their aerodynamics AND their Torflex suspension, without needing shocks. Most of the AS can be towed with the newer half tons, which ride better than 3/4 & 1 Tons. The latest gen RAMs have coil suspension and ride really smooth as compared with their previous gen trucks. Test drive the half tons by Ford, GM, Toyota, & RAM and decide for yourself.
My opinion is, coil, springs belong on the back end of a Buick, not a truck.
I still remember the old Chevy / GM pickups from the 60's with coils in the back, going down the road and looking like a pogo stick. Work good when the shocks are new but when the shocks start wearing out, the ride gets, shall we say, bouncy.....
and shocks wear out faster with coils than leaves because coils have no inherent friction dampening like leaves do. The very act of leaves moving against each other and the friction produced by that produces suspension dampening, not so with coils at all.
You really need to ride in a heavily loaded ram 1500 wit 4 corner coil air suspension. Game changer.
โOct-05-2017 04:54 PM
โOct-05-2017 07:37 AM
SidecarFlip wrote:amxpress wrote:
Airstreams pull nicely because of their aerodynamics AND their Torflex suspension, without needing shocks. Most of the AS can be towed with the newer half tons, which ride better than 3/4 & 1 Tons. The latest gen RAMs have coil suspension and ride really smooth as compared with their previous gen trucks. Test drive the half tons by Ford, GM, Toyota, & RAM and decide for yourself.
My opinion is, coil, springs belong on the back end of a Buick, not a truck.
I still remember the old Chevy / GM pickups from the 60's with coils in the back, going down the road and looking like a pogo stick. Work good when the shocks are new but when the shocks start wearing out, the ride gets, shall we say, bouncy.....
and shocks wear out faster with coils than leaves because coils have no inherent friction dampening like leaves do. The very act of leaves moving against each other and the friction produced by that produces suspension dampening, not so with coils at all.
โOct-02-2017 06:55 PM
Lynnsr wrote:colliehauler wrote:
I take it you're talking about aerodynamics. Depends on size, lots of fiberglass trailers have a rounded shape but tend to be smaller.
Iv'e never seen this fiberglass trailer you speak of????
LynnSr
โOct-02-2017 05:48 PM
colliehauler wrote:
I take it you're talking about aerodynamics. Depends on size, lots of fiberglass trailers have a rounded shape but tend to be smaller.
โOct-02-2017 04:15 PM
rbpru wrote:
For all the rhetoric, it is generally agree that the low profile and tube shape do result in better towing and less wind buffs. As for the eye appeal that is up to the viewer.
Since non of this is measureable and solely dependent on opinion and other human factors, it is a moot point. Kind of like asking which is the best beer.
โOct-02-2017 02:34 PM
โOct-02-2017 12:48 PM
billy1davis wrote:
I don't care about the aerodynamics.....wife has a bad back and I am looking for the best smoothest ride. We have tried everything that we can afford to sink into the Dodge dually and whether it is empty pulling a trailer or with truck camper it is just not tolerable for the wife at all. And I did get allot of help on trying to make it work and I suppose I could spend 5k and get the better ride but not doing it on that old of a truck.
So we are looking for either a small 5th wheel pulled buy a newer 1/2 ton or a trailer.