Next week we pick up a new triple axle TH. I only have two Levelair bags and I don't think they are sold any longer so I was wondering if it's OK to just level two of the three axles on our new rig? If so, which two?
While I'm posting... anything else I need to consider wrt to having 3 axles?
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NO you want each axle to carry the same amount of weight. I too have the levelairs and wouldn't live without them. Check Ebay I have seen them on sale before or make your own, there are directions on this site. Guy told me he was going to be back in business after he got a patent issue worked out, but that was well over a year ago. It's a shame as he built a wonderful product and is a heck of a nice fella.
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With a normal two axle fifth wheel or travel trailer it does not matter what axle you raise. The same is true for your fifth wheel. There is a linkage between each axle to distribute the weight equally.
Fred.
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You put all the weight on less than all three wheels on that side and you likely are loading those fewer wheels to more than their structure is designed for. Save yourself a headache later, Prop up all three equally.
Fred, it isn't the linkage that will get the load with dissimilar lifting, it is the tire(s) and wheel(s).
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VernM wrote: ...it isn't the linkage that will get the load with dissimilar lifting, it is the tire(s) and wheel(s).
I'm quite sure the tires and wheels can handle the static loading even if I lifted the third wheel clear off the ground. I'm not quite so sure what it would do to the frame and other parts though - or if there's something I'm not thinking about here.
Gravity is what you are working against. Trying to support the load on anything less than what it is designed to be supported by is putting a heavier load on what touches the support.
As to twisting the frame, etc., it is less likely but you'll notice it first in closing or opening the trailer door. If that binds, you're in trouble. With a conventional trailer, you can ease some of that with the corner jacks. Not so easy with a 5th wheel.
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so I was wondering if it's OK to just level two of the three axles on our new rig? If so, which two?
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