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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Rbertalotto wrote:
Here's one for you. I spoke to a "suspension engineer" and he suggested that I remove all the leafs but the main one and then add air bags between frame and axle. Let the airbag carry the trailer weight and not the spring. The single leaf spring would now be just to locate the axle.
It was suggested if the trailer doesn't lower down enough, to heat the spring to remove temper. He offered that to level a trailer you can raise the low side AND lower the high side to give you much more range of level.....
Interesting!
Essentially, doing what your engineer suggested is the same as a trailing arm suspension. I think someone suggested that earlier. Using the leaf as the trailing arm is actually a pretty good idea, as it keeps you from having to fabricate anything.
Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to do a little beefing up, such as tying the shackle mounts together side to side and such.
