elcoyote
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Interesting adaptation to a torsion axle. Be sure to read the builders comments here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq9fwfzliJ4&feature=related
Interesting Australian Suspension
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GeoTracker90
Adventurer
That's funny right there.
Mike
Mike
Dirtytires
Explorer
Looks like the landing gear of an airplane inversed..Weird
Hilldweller
SE Expedition Society
...so he's essentially going to build something like AT's suspension since his broke, right?
I'd like you to convert mine eventually. I know the torsion will die on me.
I'd like you to convert mine eventually. I know the torsion will die on me.
Martyn
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Bill, I think you may be right, the last thing he says is he'll be using swing arms with bushings from now on.
What he found out was that even after heavily modifying the torsion axle with double shocks the axle failed catastrophically in the desert. He even went as far as to add air bags prior to his trip.
He found out in a very practical way what we've known for a long time, torsion axles are prone to failure after extended use on washboard.
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Martyn
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Here are the comments of the trailer owner:
"Yeah Gday mate.Indeed the axle is located using torsion rubbers.The camper trailer is very light.After I've loaded 65 litres of Diesel, 40 litres of water and all the camping gear the suspension starts to get a workout. Recently went into the Australian Desert out to a place called Birdsville but before we left I also added 2 air bag shocks to handle thousands of klm's of corrugation.The rubbers failed and the axles deformed so am redesigning everything.It will use swingarms with bushes"
tassie tiger
New member
The dampers would fade pretty quick given the angle they are on.
Is he for real, thats not an off road trailer, the wheels look like they only about 12" if that! there are two versions of Alko rubber suspension in Australia standard on road and h/duty off road version this is definately not the off road version, I have built several off road trailers with this version and towed them across the simpson desert with no problems, as for the twin shockers they are doing nothing at that angle.