Axle flip on a small 16 feet Sportsmen
I just bought my first TT to replace our 10 feet pop-ups. It's a slightly used 2011 KZ Sportsmen Classic 16BH. I have only one concern till now; it's the trailer height. Just to reach my house from th...
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Hi everybody! After 4 months I decided to revival this thread and make you a follow up after my first camping season with my Sportsmen Classic 16BH.
I didn't "flip" my axle yet, but I definitely need to. This trailer is SO low than the triangle protection brackets on the rear bumper are rubbing on pavement SEVERAL times during a trip.
Moreover last week I decided to get rid of my Equal-i-zer weight distribution hitch because this damn thing weighs 105 pounds! I hurt my back several times when hooking up my trailer on my van with those bars! So enough is enough, I placed an ads in the classified and sold this damn thing at a very fair price. With the money I earn, I purchased the Andersen weight distribution system which is one-of-a-kind device who are mainly lighweight aluminium and weight less than 60 pounds for all installation hardware, but once it's installed on the trailer, the ball mount you are dealing with weighs less than 30 pounds!! Trust me, it's an awesome system!
Only problem of the Andersen WD so far, is, I can't install it on my DAMN Sportsmen Classic because the trailer frame is just too low!! With the Equal-i-zer hitch, the previous owner had to modify the WD to add ground clearance by cutting the ball mount bracket, but with the Andersen it's just too low.
So now I am back with the axle flip because I really need to make it right now to fit my new Andersen WD system.
Here's a picture to show you how the Andersen WD do not have any ground clearance! In fact I give it a 2 minutes test drive on the road and rub the ball mount bracket on the pavement twice! Please ignore the fact the frame brackets are installed incorrectly (angled). Andersen recommend to weld them on the trailer's frame, but I just want to make a test drive before welding it, but as you can see even at 350 LB-FT torque on bolts, the bracket moved forward!!
I didn't "flip" my axle yet, but I definitely need to. This trailer is SO low than the triangle protection brackets on the rear bumper are rubbing on pavement SEVERAL times during a trip.
Moreover last week I decided to get rid of my Equal-i-zer weight distribution hitch because this damn thing weighs 105 pounds! I hurt my back several times when hooking up my trailer on my van with those bars! So enough is enough, I placed an ads in the classified and sold this damn thing at a very fair price. With the money I earn, I purchased the Andersen weight distribution system which is one-of-a-kind device who are mainly lighweight aluminium and weight less than 60 pounds for all installation hardware, but once it's installed on the trailer, the ball mount you are dealing with weighs less than 30 pounds!! Trust me, it's an awesome system!
Only problem of the Andersen WD so far, is, I can't install it on my DAMN Sportsmen Classic because the trailer frame is just too low!! With the Equal-i-zer hitch, the previous owner had to modify the WD to add ground clearance by cutting the ball mount bracket, but with the Andersen it's just too low.
So now I am back with the axle flip because I really need to make it right now to fit my new Andersen WD system.
Here's a picture to show you how the Andersen WD do not have any ground clearance! In fact I give it a 2 minutes test drive on the road and rub the ball mount bracket on the pavement twice! Please ignore the fact the frame brackets are installed incorrectly (angled). Andersen recommend to weld them on the trailer's frame, but I just want to make a test drive before welding it, but as you can see even at 350 LB-FT torque on bolts, the bracket moved forward!!
