Albertafam
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Hi all! It sounds like a not uneard-of problem, so I thought I would ask for your thoughts.
Brought a used 2007 Keystone Springdale 267 bhs home a couple days ago. I went through it with a fine-toothed comb (as much as i can, being completely new to this). It doesn't seems like it has ever been used much. At all. But the front drivers side tire has rubbed the canvas, ripped through to the wood. The rear tire is rubbing too, not through the canvas yet.
And on the passenger side the top of the tires has rubbed the metal. The rear pass tire has the least clearance of all 4 tires - I would guess it's an inch, maybe 2 at most? Surely that's inadequate for a 6 or 7 thousand lb trailer? I guess the rubbing tells me it is.
There's also a bit of scraping on the sidewall of the drivers side tires from the fender. Or possibly the metal siding it's attached to - the distance there is surprisingly small too. I'll take a photo that shows what I mean. I'm assuming that'll be fixed when the vertical clearance is raised anyway, but this isn't an issue on the other side of the trailer where the fender seems to be placed differently. So I'm just wondering if that's normal?
Regarding the overall vertical clearance, it sounds like potential solutions are to get the axles flipped or get higher weight-rated springs.
One post I saw where the owner went to the dealer while under warranty, and there was communication between Keystone or the dealer and the chassis company, or something - manufacturers of different components, anyway. So I wonder is it prudent to go to a Keystone dealer in particular? Or should I just price out the cheapest place to flip the axles?
Please let me know if I've not explained clearly. I don't know much about this stuff, just what I've learned recently from incessant research & forum reading.
I asked knowledgeable trailering friends, but these forums sometimes have an extraordinary breadth of experience and depth of knowledge so any help from you folks would be much appreciated!
Brought a used 2007 Keystone Springdale 267 bhs home a couple days ago. I went through it with a fine-toothed comb (as much as i can, being completely new to this). It doesn't seems like it has ever been used much. At all. But the front drivers side tire has rubbed the canvas, ripped through to the wood. The rear tire is rubbing too, not through the canvas yet.
And on the passenger side the top of the tires has rubbed the metal. The rear pass tire has the least clearance of all 4 tires - I would guess it's an inch, maybe 2 at most? Surely that's inadequate for a 6 or 7 thousand lb trailer? I guess the rubbing tells me it is.
There's also a bit of scraping on the sidewall of the drivers side tires from the fender. Or possibly the metal siding it's attached to - the distance there is surprisingly small too. I'll take a photo that shows what I mean. I'm assuming that'll be fixed when the vertical clearance is raised anyway, but this isn't an issue on the other side of the trailer where the fender seems to be placed differently. So I'm just wondering if that's normal?
Regarding the overall vertical clearance, it sounds like potential solutions are to get the axles flipped or get higher weight-rated springs.
One post I saw where the owner went to the dealer while under warranty, and there was communication between Keystone or the dealer and the chassis company, or something - manufacturers of different components, anyway. So I wonder is it prudent to go to a Keystone dealer in particular? Or should I just price out the cheapest place to flip the axles?
Please let me know if I've not explained clearly. I don't know much about this stuff, just what I've learned recently from incessant research & forum reading.
I asked knowledgeable trailering friends, but these forums sometimes have an extraordinary breadth of experience and depth of knowledge so any help from you folks would be much appreciated!