Springs On C/T qeestion

G/Day Mark

Looks pretty good to me, have seen a lot worse on things twice the size!..lol. Maybe replace the u bolt lock nuts with the nylon lock type ,have seen trouble in that area before.



Cheers Axle.

Mark, you should be able to fit a single thicker helper leaf on there. Best bet is to talk to a spring maker. I put 10mm helper leaves on the back of my old car, with teflon inserts, and the ride is sweet. It's clacker is only 3 inches off the ground but the ride is so smooth and predictable with no floating or bounce. (& I can load up the boot and not be worried about scraping my rear bumper on speed humps.)

It should work the same for your camper I would expect. You have ample U bolt length to do it without changing them as well. I'd replace the 2 nuts with nyloc nuts also.

Nice rubber boots by the way...

Cheers

Louie

What is the tare & ATM?
Looks very heavily sprung to me, as are most leaf sprung camper trailers.
Often they perform better by removing, rather than adding spring leaves.

Hi Mark,
Your spring packs now look like they are heavy duty rated 1200kg units.If you need more springs than what you have now,you may need to weigh your trailer.It is only rated to 750kgs without brakes.The better option is to fit shocks to control what the spring does and it will help them survive on rough roads.Early Rover front shocks fit most spring setups.
Cheers Guy

I haven't actually weighed mine but at a guess it fully loaded would be 7 to 800kg, maybe a bit more and mine sprung as it is handles and rides fine, on corrugations let tyres down and all is good.i think the rebound spring works but who really knows unless you take them out and repeat the process. as for nyloc's this was my solution.Image Could Not Be FoundImage Could Not Be FoundImage Could Not Be Found

cheers for the replies guys, i am thinking of throwing a set of shocks under as well,thanx :-)