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Post by Teachndad on Jan 15, 2019 6:54:32 GMT -8
NC,
I think you are missing a word in your sentence. Is the word "flat" missing?
When I first saw this photo, I thought that the hoops or loops would get pushed back or rotated rearward immediately on impact due to weight of the trailer and forward momentum. Those IMHO will not work as designed unless welded on.
Especially if those are muffler clamps.
Cheers,
Rod
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Post by bigbill on Jan 15, 2019 11:13:06 GMT -8
The odds of those rotating is great even welded to axle. That is why all that I am familiar with are bolted to the axle ubolts beneath the springs, to prevent rotation. In the above listed Airstream notes they mention not welding to their axles because of the rubber surrounding the torsion bars in the axle. If you have a torsion axle I would secure the slides to the frame near the axle with mounting plate long enough to spread the forces over at least 8 or 10 inches of frame. What these did was prevent the axle/springs from catching in a rough spot/chuck hole and being tore out from under the trailer plus they protected the rim and brake drums. The only problem with fastening to frame is rim and drum will still contact road surface just not as hard.
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Post by nccamper on Jan 15, 2019 12:41:09 GMT -8
...The only problem with fastening to frame is rim and drum will still contact road surface just not as hard. Anything that helps is a plus. I've seen a car blowout on an off ramp and there was enough force to shred the tire. Without some skid/loop I don't see how the axle on a vintage camper would survive that kind of force.
Unfortunately nobody seems to sell skids/hoops.
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Post by bigbill on Jan 15, 2019 13:29:20 GMT -8
I don't know why they stopped selling them, unless their was some type of a liability problem because years ago there was several different one available.
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Post by vikx on Jan 15, 2019 20:46:20 GMT -8
Easy enough to make a skid and the wheels are still sold as rear "supports" on some RV trailers...
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