Slipper springs on camper trailer

Just looking at that top shockie mount; I'm thinking there might be unecessary strain placed upon it because it cant rotate/swivel in the arc that it naturally needs to?

off-track

i put them on just be the St George trip and had it loaded up well and there was no problem with them as i checked them when we got back and all good,cheers.

looking at the set-up I would think there would not be much shocker movement at all, as majority of movement does not appear to be *up/down* but almost *front/back* between the two mounting points you have used.

Maîneÿ . . .

Mainey

the reason for this is if you look closely you will see that there is bugger all room vertically to put the shock.once i fitted the shocks where they are now i tested the movement of them and they actually move quite well as the follow the spring movement back and forward and up and down with the springs. the trailer used to get just a bit unsettled sometimes, but once the shocks were installed i don't even know the trailer is there when towing now :-). they have gone to St George and back and a few weekend camping trips and have given me no trouble,cheers.

Mark,

We both know that your camper is an “On Road” model, this may explain the number of questions raised with your photo. LOL





Cheers Kev

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Kev

never said it was an "off road" model.

so what is "off road"?

Hence the number of questions/remarks as to the sturdiness of the suspension system on your camper, which I imagine would be fine for On Road and light off road use (as you have stated).

But the OP asked about Slipper Spring suspension for an off road (4x4) model ;)

Kev

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when i purchaced my camper it was displayed as "OFF ROAD".

i quess off road is a pretty broad term as far as trailers go.

That is also the experience I have had with them - After doing that once - somehow the spring jammed up and bent it into an S shape

Have not used them since - Could have been that it was not quite set up right - who knows?