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Re: bed mount question - bent frame from towing?
I would disagree with other statements about the frame bending. I think its entirely possible. My neighbors had an RV/motorhome that they used to vacation and towed a car behind. After a few years the frame cracked over the rear axle. My father, being a mechanical engineer, said it had an 'extreme bending moment' over the axle with the weight suspended so far behind the axle. Basically the weight had a bunch of leverage over the frame due to its length. A coil spring/trailing arm suspension would be similar. The bending moment (point) would be where the coil meets the frame. Think of a teeter-totter, or fulcrum. I think its entirely possible if a trailer had too much tongue weight.
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