MORE...Leveling Travel Trailer with air bags
So on another thread we went down a path of possibly using airbags or air shocks to level a travel trailer from side to side. Looking under the trailer it appeared that a single airbag with an arm ...
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I just climbed under the trailer and did a bit of eye balling.....AirShocks it is!
The price is right at around $80 a pair and I can easily weld up a couple brackets to locate them between the frame and the bottom of a axle u-bolts.
Interestingly, I jacked up the trailer to see how much suspension drop I had from static. Only 3/4"...Then I used a ratchet strap to see how much compression and I could only realize 4.5" before the axle impacted the frame. Not much suspension travel in these TT is there....
I need to figure out a way to push down on the axles when the tires are off the ground to see how much actual vertical movement I have. If only a few inches this whole project will be for not as usually, experience has shown, I need about 4-5" of lift on the low side in many camping situations.
Granted these measurements were taken with an empty water tank that sits right over the axles. That will be another nearly 400# pushing down on the axles. Now add an 800 pound motorcycle and that suspension travel is only a couple inches......Interesting.
The suspension,static, without water, there is only 4.5" of space between the frame and the top of the axles. A 2500 pound airbag, deflated is about 3"....That would only leave 1.5" before bottoming out....not good!
The price is right at around $80 a pair and I can easily weld up a couple brackets to locate them between the frame and the bottom of a axle u-bolts.
Interestingly, I jacked up the trailer to see how much suspension drop I had from static. Only 3/4"...Then I used a ratchet strap to see how much compression and I could only realize 4.5" before the axle impacted the frame. Not much suspension travel in these TT is there....
I need to figure out a way to push down on the axles when the tires are off the ground to see how much actual vertical movement I have. If only a few inches this whole project will be for not as usually, experience has shown, I need about 4-5" of lift on the low side in many camping situations.
Granted these measurements were taken with an empty water tank that sits right over the axles. That will be another nearly 400# pushing down on the axles. Now add an 800 pound motorcycle and that suspension travel is only a couple inches......Interesting.
The suspension,static, without water, there is only 4.5" of space between the frame and the top of the axles. A 2500 pound airbag, deflated is about 3"....That would only leave 1.5" before bottoming out....not good!
