Gruffy
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I was told this was normal too. Then I pulled the covers off and found all the broken welds. Now I rent a site for 12 months of the year.
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vwsportbug
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Can't be a Lippert problem. Carriage make there own frames and they are a well proven design over the years. Ours does some creaking as the weight switches from the pin box on the truck to the front jacks. Has never been a problem. There is an aluminum sub frame boxing in part of the Cameo's bath/bedroom area that is probably responsible for the creaking and cracking noises. The Carri-Lite and Carriage models have a fully welded steel sub-frame in this same area. I wonder if that prevents the creaking noises on those models?
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loveshack1
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Our '94 Carri-Lite still does the snap, crackle, pop and creak thing. I used to freak out and then I discovered there's nothing wrong, just the weight settling.
But then...............one day the wife heard it, and now I have her convinced we need to trade it in on a newer Carriage. Maybe the Domani??? 
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Mr. executive
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Lippert had a recall a few years ago on their frames. The 2000 to 2004 frames had a weld cracking problem in the front pin area that was used by a number of manufactures. I know my frame was recalled and I had to take it back to the dealer and they took the front cover and the pin box off and had to weld some braces into the frame.
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Dustytuu
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vwsportbug
You are right, Carriage makes their own frames, is a big reason we bought a Carriage.
Ours also pops and crackles too. The weight shifting.
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Kathryn's Fate
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Well, it sounds like those with the same manufacture as my rig make the noise, and is normal. Carriage builds their own frames with a 5 year warranty on Cameo(7 years on the higher end units), unlike the Lippert frames with two years, if I remember correctly.
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luvlabs
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I'll give you another location you might want to check - your truck's rear suspension. I've noticed the same sound when hooking up when I had my 2500HD and my 3500HD. I don't believe it is the trailer frame, just the rear suspension settling in.
BTW - Carriage makes their own frames.
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FisHin2Dmax
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ALL trailers with leaf spring suspensions make some sort of sound as the weight is being shifted from front to rear and side to side. The weight shifting noise ( normal)is less on the morryde rubber suspension systems. Rarely is it the trailer frame that is making the noise, but rather the suspension components in both the trailer and the TV.
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