Very expensive bed on wheels, independent suspension of any configuration is way over rated IMO, Regards Frank.
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Very expensive bed on wheels, independent suspension of any configuration is way over rated IMO, Regards Frank.
sorry i didn't quite answer the question posed, either camper is a fantastic bit of gear, personal choice is the only thing you need to consider between the 2 in my opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hannahandsando
the only issue you may have with a 2008 vehicle is compressor life, and rear struts. if you are considering an extended touring trip, i would replace the compressor and the rear struts if they are still original, before leaving.
use genuine struts, and there is a new upgraded compressor available that is far more reliable by all accounts.
your friends with toyotas will be so envious of your corrugation handling capabilities, and ride quality that it may just convert them to the green oval!:)
jc
Not entirely so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tank
We have a Trakmaster Sturt with independant coil suspension, the suspension is so good that on one occasion I left a jaffle iron sitting on the gas bottles at breakfast time, found it there when I went to turn the gas on at lunchtime, a couple of hundred corrugated kms later. The suspension is brilliant.
never had to tighten a screw or loose bolt on the van.
bit different to our old tube axle leaf sprung 'offroad van' where I had to take a screwdriver and bottle of glue at the end of each day to reassemble furniture and fittings.
Independent suspension on any single axle trailer is a gimmick! Drawbar-Left wheel-Right Wheel = Tripod.... If someone can tell me (without all the crap) what benefit independent suspension can have on a single axle trailer, then I'll change my tune. Granted it may have a few + points on a dual axle trailer, but not many! A rigid axle (where the wheels always track the same whatever the terrain) with soft parabolic springs and the correct shockers is a vastly superior setup. A lot of the 'Off Road' trailers I've seen have a heavyweight leaf spring that's wrapped with 4 bands.. They are way too hard for the job they are doing, and shake everything above them to bits. We had a camper trailer come into work the other day for chassis repairs due to cracking. It had some weird independent suspension arms clamped around a 9 leaf spring which had a solid 50mm bar connecting the two!! It had shaken the chassis and contents to bits. I'd go with the simplest bar axle and leaf suspension you can find, with a decent drawbar length and a 50/100kg drawbar weight. :)
In short, for comfortable ride on any vehicle (including trailers), in my opinion, coils are better than leaf and air is better than coil.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sitec
Independent or solid axle makes little difference.
My camper has the Track MC-2 suspension.
No, I haven't disagreed with you. I've just offered a different explanation.
Nice van Goingbush.....
I don't really care whether its independent or otherwise, the fact is it travels well.
There will always be knockers!!
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa4BgNF8eKQ]Track Trailer Tvan Military Proving - YouTube[/ame]
That's great, but I can't see why you would need independent suspension on what is basically a box trailer, overkill IMO, Regards Frank.Quote:
Originally Posted by goingbush
Very good. Am I right in assuming the Toyota had leaf spring suspension?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cracka
All that video shows is that the piece of crap towing the trailer has stuffed shocks and probably 60p.s.i. in his tyres, Regards Frank.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cracka
I always though the independent suspension in trailers was to assist with body roll of the trailer and to increase ground clearance? though that was an assumption.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tank
Ill be sticking with Leave and solid axle myself though. but I would love one of those T-Vans
Leroy