R-pod Owners Forum : Axle Problems 179 http://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : Introduce Yourself : Axle Problems 179 Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 01 May 2026 21:30:27 +0000 Tue, 16 Aug 2016 22:07:40 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=8596 R-pod Owners Forum http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png http://www.rpod-owners.com/ Axle Problems 179 : The 2014 179 has a Leppert axle.... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8596&PID=80662#80662 Author: Plantguy
Subject: 8596
Posted: 16 Aug 2016 at 10:07pm

The 2014 179 has a Leppert axle. The new ones have the Dexter.]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2016 22:07:40 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8596&PID=80662#80662 Axle Problems 179 : Doesn't the 179 have a... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8596&PID=80645#80645 Author: Mojave1
Subject: 8596
Posted: 16 Aug 2016 at 7:17pm

Doesn't the 179 have a Dexter Torflex axle? 

The 179 has an unloaded weight of 2,766 lbs and a GVWR of 3785 lbs. I assume 285 lbs is on the tongue and the axle is rated at 3,500 lbs? If so, that's about 1,000 lbs of carrying capacity.

Torflex video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqYZUBR7XWI

I love the way the trailer tows due to the axle.

]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2016 19:17:33 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8596&PID=80645#80645 Axle Problems 179 : What the axle is rated in lbs.... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8596&PID=80635#80635 Author: Plantguy
Subject: 8596
Posted: 16 Aug 2016 at 5:26pm

What the axle is rated in lbs. , then how much the trailer weighs. Is there enough of a difference to be safe? My Lippert axle is rated at 3550 lbs, my trailer weighs 2970 from the factory but 3450 with very little of my stuff in it. If I have any fresh, black or grey water and food etc. the trailer will weigh more than the axle is rated. There is an axle rated at 4400lbs. This should have been the one FR used. But, it is more expensive so they used the 3550 Lippert.

Ken (Plantguy)

]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2016 17:26:41 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8596&PID=80635#80635 Axle Problems 179 : How is that determined? http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8596&PID=80628#80628 Author: birderdiane526
Subject: 8596
Posted: 16 Aug 2016 at 1:51pm

How is that determined?
]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2016 13:51:36 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8596&PID=80628#80628 Axle Problems 179 : If you think your axle is over... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8596&PID=80606#80606 Author: Plantguy
Subject: 8596
Posted: 16 Aug 2016 at 12:20am

If you think your axle is over rated for your trailer ( trailer is too heavy for its axle) please reply to this post. I think this issue needs to be addressed by Forest River. ]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2016 00:20:32 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8596&PID=80606#80606