I have personally never seen a trailer with no
suspension. If it were mine I would either sell or convert. Sounds
to me like an uncomfortable accident waiting to happen.
Steel springs and an evener work fine. I used
one for 20 years. The advantage is that the evener makes the hitch height
less critical. The disadvantage is that you either have to remember to
grease the shackles to prevent breakage, or if the shackles have rubber bushings
you have to inspect to make sure corrosion has not frozen them. If
shackles and evener are not free to move eventually either spring or evener will
break.
My current trailers have rubber torsion
axles. No maintanence to do. I did break a arm and wheel assembly off of
one last year. (considering the size of rock that was involved, I suspect
something would have broken on conventional spring axles.)
While we are on te subject of axles and wheels,
they need to have the bearings greased at least every two years, and the brakes
checked at the same time.
Ed
Ed and Wendy Hauser Sisu West 2994 Mittower
Road Victor, MT 59875
