Hi boys and girls, I have a desert edge with independant rubber and i wouldn't p..s on it if it was on fire. You need to have it fully loaded to work properly otherwise it bounces around too much and recks your gear inside.
Raptor, it is interesting that you say that as I was looking at at the rubber trailing arm independant suspension ALKO or Martins Trailer Parts WA to replace my boat trailer springs and even the salesman told me that it is only good at the design load. If it is either too light it will bounce and too heavy it sags. Pitty because they look like a neat simple idea.
I put a new axle and leaf springs on the boat trailer as it was the cheap reliable option.
On my camper trailer I replaced the long suffering leaf springs with a coil spring independant trailing arm set up from Martins Trailer Parts WA. The coils are progressive rate so it rides well if loaded or empty.
The short blue shocks that came with it were crap, so I up-graded to Patrol rear shocks and it has been fantastic whether loaded heavily or lightly loaded and on the beach, on rough corrugated outback tracks or rough hilly tracks, or even going fast on the highway.
It tacks really well, does not wander or waggle its tail and takes the hard bouncing of corrugations.
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