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Thread: Holy Axle Overload Batman!?
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11-28-2018, 03:37 PM #21
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Pat,
I have an older GoPro that can operate from an app but the signal to the back of my rig was too weak so I just push the button on the GoPro where it will run until the card is full. So there is plenty of time to capture each test. Its colder than a witches broom here in Michigan so I will need to wait until spring or some of our warm weather friends could maybe do the testing.MidwestCamper
Jim & Dawn
Near Milford, Michigan
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2015 GMC Sierra 1500 Double Cab 4x4
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11-28-2018, 03:49 PM #22
Hi Pat,
I think you have hit on a key observation in the larger “how did we get here?” question. The conventional linked tandem suspension makes sense with under slung springs, but the “easy” change to over slung to gain ride height lost the basic engineering that went into the original design.
So . . . now I’m thinking . . . what linkage could we come up with to control this equalizer wrap?? I do like the idea of independent trailing slipper springs . . . Hmmm.
RobCate & Rob
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11-28-2018, 04:53 PM #23
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I’ve seen the video, what I haven’t been able to find the specifics of the trailer in the video. Things I would like to know are weight on each axle, severity of the stop, speed, and surface.
Colan and Marilyn Arnold
Des Moines, IA - kind of, on the road full time.
Currently in Durango, Colorado
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11-28-2018, 06:33 PM #24
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Just some thoughts.....My hunch is that the video is worst case with hard braking at low speed and that horizontal forces may change the geometry at higher speeds. My guess is that if this was as significant as it seems from the video we’d all be rotating tires to make up for scuffing that happened on the front tires as the lifted and when they touched the road again. We’d also see little puffs of smoke from the front tires routinely.
With drum brakes, as the front wheel lifts, the brakes would start to release, but disk brakes would probably experience a dramatic skid as the weight came off that wheel.John & Kathy
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11-28-2018, 06:58 PM #25
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Pat&Marlene Gyrogearloose - 2010 Itasca Meridian 34y - 6.7 w/Allison 6spd - Jeep Wrangler Rubicon - previous Reflection 303RLS
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11-28-2018, 07:00 PM #26
What great information and observations! The conversations appear to revolve around the Lippert system. Would these same dynamics apply to either the Dexter or Morryde (not IS)?
Barb, Lyle and the 3 four-legged kids
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11-28-2018, 07:00 PM #27
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Rob,
Hmmmm slippers...., 4 link, trailing air bags, ????Pat&Marlene Gyrogearloose - 2010 Itasca Meridian 34y - 6.7 w/Allison 6spd - Jeep Wrangler Rubicon - previous Reflection 303RLS
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11-28-2018, 07:04 PM #28
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11-28-2018, 07:10 PM #30
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