Trailer Suspension Upgrade

[JoeLeonard]

After having the suspension on our trailer fail twice, we decided to upgrade it's capacity, so it can do the job it should have been capable of doing when it left the factory. Please click the link to see what we did: http://www.mopartruckparts.com/tech/t020.html

 

[BIGNASTY]

A long time friend of ours did as you did with the Dexter up-grade, he also put a 3" angle from side to side on both axles on the spring hangers and the bottom of the frame. The Dexter up-grade made a vast difference in the ride of the trailer both in the trailer (because things weren't thrown all over the place) and in the truck it made a huge difference on the So. Calif roads that some Einstein from Caltrans decided to pour in 10 or 12 foot sections as part of the Calif Hwy System.

At least in his case he found that the side to side angle was a mistake and eventually took then off the Lippert framed trailer. Backing into spots at RV parks or at campgrounds where he was forced to back the trailer at a hard angle to get into the spot it was so ridged that it cracked time and time again at the weld on the frame and the spring hanger, I see that you have added a square support to the lower part of the frame, which they did not do. To fix his frame and it seemed to have fixed the problem with the cracking of the spring hanger, was to sleeve the frame on both insides of the frame channel from about a foot before the front axle and the same past the rear axle and run all the bolts thru both the original frame and of course the sleeve. There was a man on this site that has since moved on that I feel is one of the more knowledgeable people on RV's, that swore that Lippert components were the worst in the industry, I tend to agree with him (which didn't happen that often). Anyway good luck with your idea, I hope it works out for you.

BIG

 

[RUSSELL5000]

Nice write-up. Have you used the trailer much since this? How is it working out?

 

[BIGNASTY]

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[AH64ID]

I have a set of the Dexter EZ-Flex in the mail, I read nothing but good reviews.