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Location: Mena, AR | I've have noticed that my 4-Star 2H GN trailer is giving my horses a pretty rough ride. I can feel them moving around on rough roads and turns. Lots of scuffs on the walls and horses feet. I have to get the trailer blocked up as I keep knocking off the sewer drain value and I was wondering if there is something I could do at the same time to improve the ride without spending a whole lot of money. It has the torsion axles. I suppose air bags would help, but that is a pretty pricey thing to do. I am a careful driver because I highly value all of my horses. I want to replace it with a 3H in about two years, so I'd like to control the cost of add-on's. |
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Location: Central Arkansas | Not sure where exactly you live in TX but Zanetti's Trailer Repair in Weatherford raised a trailer for me for around $400 or so. I don't remember the exact numbers. |
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Location: AZ | What about having skid plates added under the trailer to protect the pipes?? We have a 'box' under ours that protects the tanks and the outlets.
Edited by AZgrulla 2012-12-31 5:37 PM
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Location: Mena, AR | I live near Allen, TX. If I can't find a place to block my trailer close by, I'll look into the weatherford place.My trailer is too low to the ground to use the plates, it has to go up. I had to raise the neck on it a notch when I got the Chevy 2012 3/4 ton truck. I put a dent in the tail gate the first weekend. LoL. |
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Location: North Carolina | If your trailer is riding uphill, you're puting more load on the rear axle. This contributes to the rough ride since the axle travel is used up. When you block the trailer to ride level, the axles will go back to being equally loaded and the ride should smooth out. |
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Location: Mena, AR | hosspuller, I think you are right. I had a heavy horse in the front stall last night, and it rode a lot better. |
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Location: Mena, AR | An update. I contacted Big Tex Trailer in Rockwall, TX. Dave in the service department has been very, very helpful. He has ordered a kit to lift my trailer. The kit was $122. The labor should be around $200. He also is looking into getting me some locking hubcabs so I won't keep losing them. They are also going to add another tie ring while it is there. Should have the final update in a couple of weeks. |
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| Blocking an axles requires the axles be cut loose from frame, weld a block in (2-4" high) and then weld axles back, hopefull straight. There is no kit to magically do this. |
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Location: Zionsville, Indiana | Duckman - Dexter now has a lift kit. |
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| Isn't it a kit for only axles that are bolted on, not welded onto running gear?? |
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Location: Zionsville, Indiana | You are right, the kit is for side mount bolt on Torflex axles. The kit for the #10 (3500# axle has been available for a while, with kits for the heavier Dexter Torflex axles soon to be available. It raises the #10 axle 2.6". |
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Location: Mena, AR | I took my trailer in and Dave made sure it would work with my axles. They are bolted on. |
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Location: Mena, AR | Update. The Dexter lift kit was installed last week and I've had a chance to haul my trailer a couple of times and it seems to be giving a much better ride. The kit was $125 and the labor was $175. They also found that a wire to the magnet on the brake on one side was broken and they fix that. I expect that not having brakes on one side was making for an awkward stop for the horses. |
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2H GH has a rough ride
