Strength of camper trailer axles?

Haven't you been reading ................two members in the last week have posted about snaps lol.

Do you think it may have been overloaded for the size of axle or just as you suggested a bit of age taking it's toll. Our C/T axle has a rating of 1300kg I think and due to having to get a shackle replaced thought I might go for a heavier axle at the same time.

Cheers

I'm hoping that having independent eye to eye leaf, plus a shock absorber works for my offroad trailer :)

!MPG:6!

Cheers Kev

Vehicle recovery mob in Alice were saying they get a lot of business picking up offroad campers and vans that have snaped axles.

Have seen some "off road" trailers with the same axles, springs, hangers and everything else underneath as the same company's "on road" models. The only difference being one can put 6 stud landcruiser wheels and the other 5 stud Commodore wheels. In my books that doesn't make for an off road trailer.

This will suit most buyers who rarely even take their fourby off bitumen let alone go bush with the trailer. But it does create problems if they decide to go on a bush trip with their "off road" CT.

I researched, studied and got my Cameron CT with 2 tonne axle and 1750 kg springs with hangers to match.

A lot of beam axle trailers nget bent when driving through deep stuff, rocks etc and getting hooked up.

In my case I have an independant suspension and my axle broke away from the square flange that bolts onto the suspension. This was due to a faulty weld that had no penetration. The weld looked good from the outside but was not holding on by much. Once welded correctly I don't think mit will be a problem but the other side will get a good check when it comes back

I find it strange when people (companies) skimp on the axel streangths. Ithink the one I put under the boat was 2.5 tonne, not much different in price to the lighter duty ones ($20-30 from memory)

So far very few problems since the modifications 2 years ago, including trips to Kalumburu and Cape dommett. Not bad considering not many people (are game/stupid enough to) tow boats this big to these places. (See rig photo's)

Cheerw Andrew

Max _ Sydney hit the nail on the ehad with his comment ..... "Because we stupidly buy to a minimum price and get what we pay for."

Every second post here is related to ..... how cheap can I get it for!
You can't blame manufacturers for giving you what you want, I often see posts criticising the high prices of some camper trailers, well, you get what you pay for!