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Thread: Upgrading caravan suspension
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22nd March 2013, 10:25 PM #1Senior Member
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Upgrading caravan suspension
Good evening everyone, about to upgrade the suspension on my caravan from 1500kgs capacity to 2000kgs capacity; this to allow adding 3 large solar panels onto the roof, increase the battery bank from 80 amp hours to 300 amp hours and a 100 litre water tank.
So far my research suggest that I would need to add a secondary chassis to the existing one and the size of the material to be 50 x 75 duragalv, then using 100 x 50 for the new draw bar. The new suspension unit is going to be a premade coil independent unit.
Is the size of the material the right size or do I need to use a larger size and where would it need to be used ?
Cheers Alby
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23rd March 2013, 05:28 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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Hi Alby,
Is the van going to be an Off Road type of vehicle? If yes, the dimensions for the second chassis should be fine, I personally would go to 125 or 150 X 50 X 3+ for the draw bar. If an on road van, the secondary could be 50 X50 X 3 and drawbar 100 X 50 X 2.5+ should be fine.
Kryn
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23rd March 2013, 07:56 PM #3Senior Member
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Thanks for that Kryn, I'm hoping that I'll be able to catch up with you somewhere within the next 14 days.
Cheers And thanks for the advice. Alby
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11th July 2013, 02:23 AM #4GOLD MEMBER
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Hi Alby, How is it going with this conversion, I think we might have pulled up next to each other at the traffic lights in Murray Bridge, there was a Nissan Patrol? with a plate similar to your tag, unfortunately I was turning left and you were going straight ahead.
Regards
Kryn