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Bob86ZZ4 · 05-25-2009, 10:12 AM

Yes Doc, I guess I'm still not clear on the original question. Geof, I understand you've seen trailer failures. Is that enough to prove that the cause of the failure was from being pulled by a truck conversion? How do we know those same trailers wouldn't have had such failure if they were being pulled by a overloaded underbraked undersprung motorhome? Is it possible the failures were the result of overloading the trailer? Wouldn't a person be more likely to overload their trailer if they knew it was being hitched to a veh. with lots of extra power to pull an overloaded trailer? Do those same trailers not show any of that type of failure when pulled by something lesser? Maybe we need to get the Mythbusters on this?

05-25-2009, 10:12 AM	#8
Bob86ZZ4 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: St. Paul, MN Posts: 1,819	Yes Doc, I guess I'm still not clear on the original question. Geof, I understand you've seen trailer failures. Is that enough to prove that the cause of the failure was from being pulled by a truck conversion? How do we know those same trailers wouldn't have had such failure if they were being pulled by a overloaded underbraked undersprung motorhome? Is it possible the failures were the result of overloading the trailer? Wouldn't a person be more likely to overload their trailer if they knew it was being hitched to a veh. with lots of extra power to pull an overloaded trailer? Do those same trailers not show any of that type of failure when pulled by something lesser? Maybe we need to get the Mythbusters on this? __________________ '03 Freightliner FL112, 295" wheel base, with '03 United Specialties 26' living quarters, single screw, Cat C12 430 h/p 1650 torque, Eaton 10speed , 3.42 rear axle ratio