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Cabanaman wrote:LOLOLOLOLOLOLO Try to think logically what the bending motion equation will be on that long long trailer desi arnaz
I won't even try to defend my lowly open road against that masterpiece
Just when i think the comments cant get any dummer here comes another one..... Are you saying now just because a trailer is long it cannot be built to withstand twisting oh that's funny..... How do you suppose all those 53' Trailers you see on the road stay together you must know something the engineers don't you better hurry and lobby congress because the trailers on our roads are all going to fall a part aint that rite LUCY
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Timothy wrote:I downloaded the owners manual off the web site, the manual was nicely put together. The warranty seems pretty limited, the frame is total excluded from the warranty. I would say it has a lippert frame, if you download the owners manual you can clearly see a lippert (lci)sticker on the pinbox on page 18.I'm not here to bash lippert,or Recreation by design, I have had no problems with any of my lippert frames and I have never owned a RBD vehicle, however I have seen a few used units.
I say you get what you pay for, if this is the RV you want then go for it.
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Yep! I pulled up the owner's manual too...you can clearly see the LCI sticker...looks like a Lippert frame to me...
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connex wrote:..... How do you suppose all those 53' Trailers you see on the road stay together you must know something the engineers don't you better hurry and lobby congress because the trailers on our roads are all going to fall a part aint that rite LUCY
Ummm, I'm gonna say that a semi trailer, with 8 wheels supporting it at the back, and 8 wheels supporting it at the front, is NOT subject to the same torque/twisting as a 53' fiver with 6 wheels in the midddle, and only 4 wheels under the hitch if it is being pulled by a dually. HUUUUUUGE difference.
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The 53' semi trailer also has a MUCH heavier duty frame under it than any RV trailer.
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Saw about 10 of those at the WI state fair campground.Most were 43/45'. Most pulled with 1 ton trucks,2 with 3/4 ton.Not too bad looking inside,but they are not really made for comfort camping.
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SoCalDesertRider wrote:The 53' semi trailer also has a MUCH heavier duty frame under it than any RV trailer.
As a semi owner I can vouch for the fact that the trailers are heavier duty, whether steel or aluminum.
I can also vouch for the fact that at any given time siad trailers can be carrying 45,000+ lbs of weight down the road and begin to slowly self destruct almost immediately. Next time you get a chance pay attention to an unloaded flatbed and notice how much arch there is to the trailer frame. Also understand that when loaded down this arch will all but disappear. That would be inches of deflection. Semi trailer frames can and will flex quite a bit, and failure is inevitable. It eventually turns into a constant battle of chasing cracks to be repaired.
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connex wrote:Cabanaman wrote:LOLOLOLOLOLOLO Try to think logically what the bending motion equation will be on that long long trailer desi arnaz
I won't even try to defend my lowly open road against that masterpiece
Just when i think the comments cant get any dummer here comes another one..... Are you saying now just because a trailer is long it cannot be built to withstand twisting oh that's funny..... How do you suppose all those 53' Trailers you see on the road stay together you must know something the engineers don't you better hurry and lobby congress because the trailers on our roads are all going to fall a part aint that rite LUCY The preceding posts speak for me. Oh and apart is one word and it's not rite it's right.
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connex wrote:Cabanaman wrote:LOLOLOLOLOLOLO Try to think logically what the bending motion equation will be on that long long trailer desi arnaz
I won't even try to defend my lowly open road against that masterpiece
Just when i think the comments cant get any dummer here comes another one..... Are you saying now just because a trailer is long it cannot be built to withstand twisting oh that's funny..... How do you suppose all those 53' Trailers you see on the road stay together you must know something the engineers don't you better hurry and lobby congress because the trailers on our roads are all going to fall a part aint that rite LUCY I don't know anything about how that "thing" was built, but I have always been comfortable in assuming there was not much, if any, engineering that actually occured in the design of an RV.
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My take on this thread: They are a trailer that would be considered by some folks and that's fine for them. I suspect the O/P has gotten some reaction that wasn't favourable to them and that's also fine.
Understanding the nature of these boards to question and scrutinize all posts espousing one trailer or rv being superlative for reasons of quality is paramount and when you post referring to a particular trailer as giving you a whiz-bang return for a very low price, well, it begs the responses given.
Take the other side of the argument for example, using two now defunct names of Teton and Travel Supreme. Were someone to jump on here and state when they were in their heyday: "My Teton or Travel Supreme is loaded to the gunwales with all amenities, is the best built trailer of all by far and is worth every penny of the $100+++K I paid for it." I gotta tell ya; that type of post would let it's author in for the worst kind of ripping for exactly the same reasons: Opinions unsupported by facts.
Pitching a particular brand for ANY supposed reason of superiorty is always questionable and even more so if that reason is one of cost versus amenities being cheaper than the norm.
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tgreening wrote:SoCalDesertRider wrote:The 53' semi trailer also has a MUCH heavier duty frame under it than any RV trailer.
As a semi owner I can vouch for the fact that the trailers are heavier duty, whether steel or aluminum.
I can also vouch for the fact that at any given time siad trailers can be carrying 45,000+ lbs of weight down the road and begin to slowly self destruct almost immediately. Next time you get a chance pay attention to an unloaded flatbed and notice how much arch there is to the trailer frame. Also understand that when loaded down this arch will all but disappear. That would be inches of deflection. Semi trailer frames can and will flex quite a bit, and failure is inevitable. It eventually turns into a constant battle of chasing cracks to be repaired. Yes, especially with the aluminum trailers. I am called upon to fix them once in a while (mobile welder). Agree also on the arch and deflection, which is natural for any beam span with a load in the middle, or cantilevered beam with a load on the end.
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