ouR escaPOD mods

I did not have the scraping across the fender, but I did notice a bit of sag. I wanted to catch it before it got worse. I only did this modification just prior to posting it, so the date on the posting detailing this mod is right on. We have not had a chance to get it out on the road yet to test it, but I expect it will work well for keeping the floor from sagging. I raised the side up to level it out as best I could before putting them in place so my floor is pretty level right now. For that, I used both a floor jack and a 15 ton bottle jack with long boards to spread the stress and placed the boards just inboard of the cover trim and raised it up. I ended up then moving the bottle jack to under the outriggers one at a time as I was installing them and raising them up to also help push the floor up before attaching them to the frame rail.

Placement was determined in part on avoiding the black and gray water drains. Placement ended up being 15" from the front edge of the slide-out flange for one and 31" from the back edge of the slide-out flange for the rear one, or one on each side of the axle. The picture should give you a visualization of this.

Originally posted by offgrid Yep, and if you want to check beam bending stress yourself you can use this calculator to find the section modulus about the x-x axis for the 4x2x0.1 tubes. Should be 2.4 in^4.

Offgrid, you must be a structural engineer or have a deep background in engineering? I read your post and looked over the formula you posted a link to but sadly it all looks like Greek to me. I would seriously like to "beef" up my trailer tongue since I added dual gas tanks and a tool box to enclose the battery and storage on the tongue. What I'd like to see is someone who has done this mod, what size steel they used and where is all welded on the frame, ect? I'd also like to see about the possibility of adding a rear cargo carrying storage and keep the hitch receptacle for the spare tire and tie the storage tray to the frame.