Monday, Sep 24, 2018 at 08:45
I have only seen 3 trailers wrecked in all of my travels. One was so old it should never have been where it was (
Yunta-Arkaroola Rd) & the other 2 were Aust made, off road, soft floor campers. Both had lost a spring hangar pin, with catastrophic consequences.
One was on the
Mereenie Loop & the other was on the tar on the Stuart Hwy in the top end. Both looked to be brand new.
I won't name the brands, as I don't know what the driver who was towing them had been doing with them. As an example; I know someone who thinks it's fine to tow a trailer through winding roads at 120KMH. So I think it's unfair to the manufacturer to name them.
As I've written before; everyone (correctly) focuses on wheel bearing maintenance with camper trailers, but most of them will never go where we forumites choose to go. Spring hangars, shackle plates & pins wear very quickly on corrugated roads, but they never seem to rate a mention.
I don't own a Cub & have no interest in the company, but I have seen them at just about every remote destination that I've been to, so they can't be that bad ;-)
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