That's great that they're stepping up and taking care of things for you.
One thing strikes me about their design though... I can't see any way to connect a weight distributing hitch system.
With a GVWR of over 9,600 pounds that is a mighty heavy trailer. Even half that weight is enough to warrant a weight distributing hitch system. It's also way over the non-weight distributing load rating on your GM hitch.
TDInewguy wrote: Here's the photos of the NEW Aluma trailer tongue's. They are reinforced compared to mine.
Stefan, you guys need to hire a qualified engineer before you kill someone instead of trying to resolve your severe engineering design issues via armchair internet engineering.
Your weldments alone are severely substandard and will not certify.
The only thing your current pictures have shown is that you have prolonged your design failure time as previously demonstrated in your past photo's and failure is once again only a short time away.
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The newest photos are of NEW trailers that I saw at the ALUMA factory.
Mine has not been touched yet by them. What they (ALUMA) told me is they would take the trailer apart and rebuild it with new materials in a manner like the photos shown above. (that is how they make their current trailers, and Jim, the Aluma employee, said his engineer would take a look at my trailer.)
So do you think I need to go further than trust that ALUMA will properly engineer and repair my trailer?
I agree with you about the current condition of my trailer, and I fully intend to have ALUMA take and rebuild it, but I had to do something to get it down there. I plan to tow it empty with the current repair to get it fixed.
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It is quite plain to see that the bottom tube that is reenforcing the tongue on the new trailer is an addon afterthought, probably started after the design flaw was found. But that is ok, as many existing machine/structures etc are modified before they ever leave the factory, if the flaw is found after they were built, and before they are delivered. I have been in the metal fab trade for many years, including some alumunum, and I think the new design looks like a good one. I also think the repair that was done was very quality work.
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I don't want to beat a dead horse but looking at the latest pictures reminded me again about the hitch system.
The maximum weight carrying load for that hitch is 600 pounds. You can certainly buy a stronger hitch but you still have the issue of unloading the front suspension if you're not using a weight distributing hitch system.
I'd be very curious to hear what the trailer manufacturer has to say with regard to attaching a weight distributing hitch system to that tongue. With that sort of gross weight, it needs one.
IIRC, he towed it with the truck and the 600lb hitch -after- the breakaway took place.
It should have been more than capable for an unloaded trailer. Then again, I'm assuming he was towing it with the Class A mentioned in the first post, and not with the 2500.
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