Camper trailer with leaf spring

Hi Adders
The short answer is no as long as the spring is correctly located
You may have to roll the axle over to have the locating pad on top and may have to turn the spring center bolt over depends on your springs
Kev

As Kev says do it correctly and you will have no problems.
I have a 24 foot caravan and had it raised in this manner a couple of years ago.
The caravan maintenance company that did it, does about 30 a year.
Informed my insurance company and had it noted on their schedule as a modification.

Either way is equally common with trailers.

2 of my 3 trailers are sprung over ( spring over axle) and have been that way from new.

One of my boat trailers that is sprung under when fitted with 13 inch wheels comes sprung over when fitted with 14 inch wheels.

Most heavy vehicles with leaf springs are sprung over, hiluxes are sprung over.

It can be argued that is better for weight carrying because the entire load is supported in compression, spring on axle and not hanging on the ubolts

one thing though.....make sure that the spring pads ( the pieces of steel between the spring and the axle) are welded to the axle and there is a locating pin in the spring pack that locates in a hole in the spring pad.

The only reason you spring a vehicle under is to lower the chassis height.

cheers

Thanks very much guys for your responses. This makes me feel alot more comfortable. I may even do the same to my off road camper to get just a little bit more clearance.
Cheers Peter.

Something worth checking is to see if the Axle has a slight bend in it. Some makers do this to give the wheels a slight Camber. If it has the bend then it is best not to rotate the axle as the bend will then be in the opposite direction to what was intended.

Hi Adders

One thing to remember when raising the height of the trailer, to to make sure if you have a soft floor camper that the floor will still reach the ground. Was thinking the same though cant do it as it would make the trailer to high and my tent floor wont touch the ground properly. my trailer height is at its max for the tent i have bolted to the trailer.
Just one more thing to consider.

Actually there are lots of issues to consider-

With your axle over and you break a U bolt, the axle is still constrained by the leaf pack.
Axle under with no U bolts and the axle will twist sideways and likely flip the trailer. It'll certainly do a lot more damage than axle over. Check straps or chains can reduce this problem.

Axle under moves the braking forces on the axle resulting in more leaf pack wind up under barking. That can be a problem.

Its commonly done but your friend needs to do some research and there's lots of info via Google.