Greetings
Been noticing a "sag" down the siding of my 25' TT for a couple of years now, so today I decided to measure the deflection and here is what I got.
Pass side tubular frame is 7/8" off at the equalizer hanger of the dbl axle
Driver side frame is 1/2" off at the same spot.
It's easy to see that the "wow" is centered at the equalizer hanger for the double axle and that the frame is slowly bending over probably every time I hit a big bad bump. There is no obvious buckling in the frames and the wow is worse for about 3-4 feet both sides of the spring extremities.
This unit is 11 years old and doesn't even show damage anywhere inside or out. We really like the unit and want to keep it, so I'm thinking of getting it fixed and hope others here might add some expertise to my idea.
I'm thinking having a welding shop slide/jam/insert another either tube frame or maybe I-beam into my tube frame maybe for 3-4 feet past the outer spring hangers.
I understand that the frame might have had a negative "bow" in it at factory to compensate for the weight, and I don't think I'll ever get that back, but I think if the shop can get the frame straight at least, then seeing as it's sagging now with no damage, at least straight it should do for another 11 years!
Any comments / experience would appreciated.
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