schlep1967
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Without pulling the coroplast you will never know. They may have had to move one side out to accommodate tanks, plumbing or heat ducts toward the back of the trailer.
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Lynnmor
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Are the wheels equidistant from the sides? Are the springs mounted to the frame rails and are they equidistant there?
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trailernovice
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everything frame-wise is straight and true, just as it came from the factory...no collisions, no twists, no rust or weakness...right at two years old...tracks perfectly...
it just puzzles me why it would be designed with the frame rails offset like that
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trailernovice wrote:everything frame-wise is straight and true, just as it came from the factory...no collisions, no twists, no rust or weakness...right at two years old...tracks perfectly...
it just puzzles me why it would be designed with the frame rails offset like that
Call Jayco and get it straight from the horses mouth
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Old-Biscuit wrote:trailernovice wrote:everything frame-wise is straight and true, just as it came from the factory...no collisions, no twists, no rust or weakness...right at two years old...tracks perfectly...
it just puzzles me why it would be designed with the frame rails offset like that
Call Jayco and get it straight from the horses mouth
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valhalla360
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Lynnmor wrote:Are the wheels equidistant from the sides? Are the springs mounted to the frame rails and are they equidistant there?
This is probably the most critical point and assuming the springs sit under the main beams, the wheels on one side would sit 4" further in from the side than the other...or one side would have a much longer cantilever from the springs to wheels.
It should be pretty easy to check out as the frame is usually visible where the axles connect.
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trailernovice
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Maybe I haven't been clear....this is a design issue...not a 'manufacturing quality' issue...not a 'it got wrecked, and wasn't repaired properly' issue...not a 'he must have thrown the rig out of alignment' issue..
I was hoping there might be an engineer out there who could provide an explanation...it looks and seems funny to me, but I'm sure there's sound reasoning behind the design
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Lynnmor
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trailernovice wrote:Maybe I haven't been clear....this is a design issue...not a 'manufacturing quality' issue...not a 'it got wrecked, and wasn't repaired properly' issue...not a 'he must have thrown the rig out of alignment' issue..
I was hoping there might be an engineer out there who could provide an explanation...it looks and seems funny to me, but I'm sure there's sound reasoning behind the design
I was hoping that you would answer a few simple questions so we could better understand how this thing could function properly.
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4x4van
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If the bottom of the trailer is covered with coroplast, then perhaps the frame rails are indeed evenly spaced, and what you're seeing that is NOT evenly spaced is just the bumper mount rails sticking out the back? Measure the location of the leaf springs on either side of the trailer; they have to be attached to the actual frame rails.
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trailernovice wrote:I was hoping there might be an engineer out there who could provide an explanation...
There is....and he (or she) works for Jayco. As was suggested 10 or 12 times, if you want to know why it's like that, give them a call.
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